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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