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shutter

18 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) shutter (noun)
  2. 2) shutter (verb)
  3. shutter box (noun)
  4. shutter dam (noun)
  5. back shutter (noun)
  6. between-the-lens shutter (noun)
  7. boxing shutter (noun)
  8. box shutter (noun)
  9. curtain shutter (noun)
  10. diaphragm shutter (noun)
  11. dissolving shutter (noun)
  12. drop shutter (noun)
  13. fire shutter (noun)
  14. focal-plane shutter (noun)
  15. roller-blind shutter (noun)
  16. synchro-shutter (noun)
  17. window shutter (noun)
  18. body release (noun)

1shut·ter

noun \ˈshə-tər\

Definition of SHUTTER

1
: one that shuts
2
: a usually movable cover or screen for a window or door
3
: a mechanical device that limits the passage of light; especially : a camera component that allows light to enter by opening and closing an aperture
4
: the movable louvers in a pipe organ by which the swell box is opened
— shut·ter·less \-ləs\ adjective
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First Known Use of SHUTTER

1542

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

Rhymes with SHUTTER

butter, clutter, cutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, nutter, putter, scutter, splutter, sputter, strutter, stutter, utter

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