shutter

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

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

²shutter

transitive verb

Definition of SHUTTER

1

: to close by or as if by shutters <corporations shuttering their production plants>

2

: to furnish with shutters

Examples of SHUTTER

1. They locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
2. They declared bankruptcy and shuttered the store.

First Known Use of SHUTTER

1826

Rhymes with SHUTTER

butter, clutter, flutter, gutter, mutter, splutter, sputter, strutter, stutter, utter