shutter

IPA: ʃˈʌtɝ

noun

  • One who shuts or closes something.
  • (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  • (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
  • Any other opening and closing device.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To close shutters covering.
  • (transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
  • (transitive) To cancel or terminate.
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Examples of "shutter" in Sentences

  • The shutter speeds are pretty fast.
  • The shutter speed dial surrounds the lensmount.
  • Depression of the shutter button repeats the process.
  • The shutter speed dial is at the hub of the wind on lever.
  • My head faced the bow and feet towards the shuttered gangway door.
  • The earliest manufactured shutter was the drop shutter of the 1870s.
  • Here the shutter is fitted to the dimensions of the masonry opening.
  • It is an impressive colonial building with painted shutters and fretwork.
  • The shutter speed is defined as the amount of time the shutter is left on.
  • In the apparatus the bulb and the lens are separated by a shutter mechanism.

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