shutter

shutter

a movable cover for an opening; a device for opening or closing the aperture of a camera lens; to close down: Shutter the cottage for the winter.

Not to be confused with:

shudder – to tremble from horror, fear, or cold; quiver; shiver: I shudder to think how close I came to having a terrible accident.

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shut·ter

 (shŭt′ər)

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

(ˈʃʌtə)

n

1. (Architecture) a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window

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

3. (Photography) photog an opaque shield in a camera that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second. It is either built into the lens system or lies in the focal plane of the lens (focal-plane shutter)

4. (Photography) photog a rotating device in a film projector that permits an image to be projected onto the screen only when the film is momentarily stationary

5. (Instruments) music one of the louvred covers over the mouths of organ pipes, operated by the swell pedal

6. a person or thing that shuts

vb (tr)

7. to close with or as if with a shutter or shutters

8. (Building) to equip with a shutter or shutters

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shut•ter

(ˈʃʌt ər)

n.

1. one that shuts.

2. a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.

3. a movable cover, slide, etc., for an opening.

4. a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.

v.t.

5. to close or provide with shutters.

[1535–45]

shut′ter•less, adj.

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shutter

Past participle: shuttered
Gerund: shuttering

Imperative

shutter

shutter

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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"

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shutter

noun blind, screen, shade, curtain, canopy, louvre She opened the shutters and gazed out over roofs.

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Translations

حاجِب عَدَسَة الكاميرادَرْفَة الشُّبّاك الخَشَبِيَّه

okenicezávěrka

lukkerskodde

FensterladenLadenVerschluss

παντζούρι

ikkunaluukkusuljin

voletobturateur

תריס

ablakredõny

gluggahleriloki, lokari

otturatorepersianaserrandatapparellaimposta

langinėuždarytomis langinėmis

aizvirtnisblendeslēģis

luiksluiter

vinduslem

obturador

ставень

okenicauzávierka

oknicazaklop

kepenkobjektif kapağı

百叶窗相机的快门

shutter

[ˈʃʌtəʳ]

A. N

1. (on window) → contraventana f, postigo m
to put up the shutters [shop] → cerrar del todo (fig) → abandonar (Sport) → no arriesgar

2. (Phot) → obturador m

B. CPD shutter release N (Phot) → disparador m
shutter speed N → velocidad f de obturación

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shutter

[ˈʃʌtə^r] n

(on window) → volet m

[camera] → obturateur mshutter release n (PHOTOGRAPHY) → déclencheur m d'obturateurshutter speed n (PHOTOGRAPHY) → vitesse f d'obturation

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shutter

n → (Fenster)laden m; (Phot) → Verschluss m; to put up the shutters (lit) → die (Fenster)läden zumachen; (fig) → den Laden dichtmachen (inf)

vt shutter the windows → mach die (Fenster)läden zu

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shutter

[ˈʃʌtəʳ] n (on window) → imposta; (for shop) → battente m (Phot) → otturatore m
shutter speed → tempo di apertura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shutter

(ˈʃatə) noun

1. one of usually two usually wooden covers over a window. He closed the shutters. hortjies دَرْفَة الشُّبّاك الخَشَبِيَّه кепеник persiana okenice der Fensterladen skodde παντζούριcontraventana, postigo aknaluuk كركره ikkunaluukku voletתריס झिलमिली kapak, roleta (ablak)redőny daun penutup jendela gluggahleri persiana よろい戸 덧문 langinė aizvirtnis; slēģis penutup luikskodde, vinduslemokiennica پرده(په تېره دكړكۍ persiana oblon; jaluzea ставень okenica oknica kapak fönsterlucka บานเกล็ดหน้าต่าง kepenk 百葉窗 віконниця; жалюзі کھڑکی کے دو پلے cánh cửa chớp 百叶窗

2. the moving cover over the lens of a camera, which opens when a photograph is taken. When the shutter opens, light is allowed into the camera and reacts with the film. sluiter حاجِب عَدَسَة الكاميرا фот. затвор obturador závěrka der Verschluß lukker φωτοφράκτης obturador katik دريچه نورگير ؛ شاتر دوربين عكاسي sulkija obturateurצמצם शटर, कपाट zatvor fotografskog aparata, blenda zár alat pengukur cahaya, pemetik gambar loki, lokari otturatore シャッター (카메라) 셔터 sklendė blende pengatup sluiterlukkermigawka پرده obturador obturator затвор объектива závierka zaklop blenda slutare ทิ่ปิดเปิดรูแสงของกล้องถ่ายรูป objektif kapağı (相機)快門 затвор کیمرے کے اوپر کا متحرک پردہ lá chắn sáng （相机的）快门

ˈshuttered adjective

shuttered windows. toegemaak ذو دَرْفةِ خَشَبِيَّه със спуснати капаци com persianas se zavřenými okenicemi mit verschlossenen Fensterläden tilskoddet με κλειστά παντζούρια, με κατεβασμένα τα ρολά con las contraventanas cerradas luukidega كركره شده ikkunaluukuilla varustettu aux volets fermés סָגוּר עִם תְּרִיס शटर लगाना zatvoren roletama, spuštenih roleta redőnyös berpenutup með lokuðum gluggahlerum (con le persiane chiuse) よろい戸のついた 잠긴 uždarytomis langinėmis aizslēģots tertutup met de luiken dicht med skodder/lemmer wyposażony w okiennice د اورسى يا دروازو كركر يا چغ چغ ايستل com persianas cu obloanele trase закрытый ставнями so zatvorenými okenicami zaprt zatvorenih kapaka med [fönster]luckor ซึ่งติดบานประตูหน้าต่าง kepenkli 有百葉窗的 такий, що з зачиненими віконницями پلے والی được đóng chớp 有百叶窗的

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