Shutter in English dictionary

  • shutter

    Meanings and definitions of "Shutter"

    • (usually plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
    • (photography) The part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
    • To close the shutters.
    • To close up a building for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    • noun
      One who shuts or closes something.
    • noun
      (usually in the plural)
      Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
    • noun
      (photography)
      The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To close shutters covering.
    • verb
      (figuratively)
      To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    • protective panels over windows
    • part of a camera
    • In most cameras, the curtain in front of the film or image sensor that is retracted for a precise amount of time to let light into the camera.
    • noun
      a hinged blind for a window
    • noun
      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"

    Synonyms of "Shutter" in English dictionary

    shut, mechanical device, close are the top synonyms of "Shutter" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Shutter

    • shutter ( plural  shutters) A focal-plane shutter
    • shutter ( third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered)
    • lm  liczba mnoga shutters
    • shutter (plural shutters)
    • shutter (third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered)
  • Shutter

    Meanings and definitions of "Shutter"

    • Shutter (2004 film)

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