shutter (redirected from shutters)

shut·ter  (shtr)

n.

1. One that shuts, as:

a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers.

b. A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.

2. shutters Music The movable louvers on a pipe organ, controlled by pedals, that open and close the swell box.

tr.v. shut·tered, shut·ter·ing, shut·ters

1. To furnish or close with shutters: locked the doors and shuttered the windows.

2. To cause to cease operations; close down: shuttered the store for the holiday.

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shutter

Noun

1. a hinged doorlike cover, usually one of a pair, for closing off a window

2. put up the shutters to close business at the end of the day or permanently

3. Photog a device in a camera that opens to allow light through the lens so as to expose the film when a photograph is taken

Verb

to close or equip with a shutter or shutters

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shutter - a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
	2.	shutter - a hinged blind for a window screen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" deadlight - a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather double-hung window - a window having two sashes that slide up and down jalousie - a shutter made of angled slats
Verb	1.	shutter - close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool" close, shut - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

Translations

shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ] n → contraventana;

(PHOT) → obturador m

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shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ] shut n → volet m;

(Phot) → obturateur m

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shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ] shut n → Fensterladen m;

(Phot) → Verschluss m

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shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ] n → imposta;

(PHOT) → otturatore m