shutter
/'ʃʌtə/
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Definition
Noun:
- A hinged cover or screen for a window: A "shutter" is a solid, often wooden, cover that can be opened and closed on the outside of a window to block light, provide security, or protect against weather.
- A camera mechanism: In photography, a "shutter" is the device inside a camera that opens and closes very quickly to control the duration of time that light hits the film or digital sensor, creating an exposure.
Verb:
- To close or furnish with shutters: The action of closing window shutters or installing them on a building.
Examples
Noun:
- The old house had beautiful green wooden shutters on every window.
- A fast shutter speed is needed to freeze the motion of a racing car.
Verb:
- We shuttered all the windows before the hurricane arrived.
- The historic building was carefully shuttered for the winter.
Advanced Usage
"to put up the shutters" (idiom): To close a business permanently or stop an activity.
- After fifty years, the family decided to put up the shutters on the grocery store.
"shutter speed" (photography term): The length of time a camera's shutter is open during an exposure.
- For night photography, you often need a slow shutter speed.
Variants and Related Words
- Shuttered (adj.): Fitted with or closed by shutters.
- The shuttered cottage looked deserted.
Synonyms
- Noun (window): Blind, screen, cover.
- Noun (camera): Diaphragm, exposure mechanism.
- Verb: Close up, seal, cover.
Related Phrases
- Roller shutter: A type of shutter made of horizontal slats that roll up, often used for garage doors or storefronts.
- Shutter release: The button on a camera that you press to open the shutter and take a picture.
- Gently press the shutter release to avoid camera shake.
Noun
- a hinged blind for a window
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
Verb
- close with shutters
- We shuttered the window to keep the house cool