shuttered

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adjective

shut·​tered ˈshə-tərd 

1

a

: furnished with shutters

Shuttered double-hung windows and classic clapboard give Thomas Hopkins's design the look of a 19th century Greek Revival house.

—Country Living

—often used in combination

By the coast, Essaouira serves up salty sea winds and seagulls circling its blue-shuttered houses.

—Adekunle Agbetiloye

b

: having closed shutters

… kept the house shuttered throughout the year to maintain a constant temperature …

—Jason W. Selby

… the room was closely shuttered and stuffily hot.

—Colleen McCullough

2

: closed for business

… shuttered factories stand as a testament to the deindustrialization of New England.

—Thomas A. Stewart

… an indoor facility would permit racing at a time when most tracks are shuttered for the winter …

—The New York Times

3

: closed off or off-limits to outsiders

… kept her private life shuttered …

—Neal Ascherson

Some of the nuns she interviews are cloistered, emerging only briefly from a shuttered existence.

—Lise Funderburg

shuttered

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past tense and past participle of shutter entry 2

Examples of shuttered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Stephen Friedman Gallery shuttered in February after going into administration. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026

The three new attraction closures join Pirates of the Caribbean, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Silly Symphony Swings and Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind that were already shuttered for refurbishment. —Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 28 May 2026

Gitlin’s ascension comes as Trailer Park Group, the long-standing, Clio Award-winning marketing agency that was the big player in the trailer and key art field, shuttered several key divisions earlier this month and is laying off around 150 positions. —Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026

Nearly 1,000 businesses left downtown in 2024, offices are almost 40% empty and shuttered storefronts stretch across key districts, threatening a tax base that helps fund services citywide. —Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026

Jamie Rubin ran the State Department's Global Engagement Center, an agency that shuttered after Congress eliminated its funding in 2024. —CBS News, 24 May 2026

The city of Vallejo explored purchasing the shuttered site from the Vallejo Unified School District in 2023 and possibly turning it into a fire station, according to city council records. —Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 May 2026

There was a God of War multiplayer game being made by Bluepoint Studios at some point, which was shuttered due to a lack of confidence in the project, and that studio was shut down entirely three months ago. —Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

Beyond that, the historic theater on Broadway between West 53rd and 54th streets may well be shuttered for the foreseeable future. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for shuttered

• uncluttered
• buttered
• cluttered
• fluttered
• muttered
• spluttered
• sputtered
• stuttered
• uttered