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
shuttered; shuttering; shutters
1
: to close by or as if by shutters
corporations shuttering their production plants
2
: to furnish with shutters
Examples of shutter in a Sentence
Verb
They locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
They declared bankruptcy and shuttered the store.
Recent Examples on the Web
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2024
That said, their shutter speeds aren’t nearly as slow as the LSST Camera.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
The home comes with six bedrooms, 6 ½ bathrooms, a guesthouse, a home theater, a butler's kitchen, two washers and dryers, wood shutters, two islands, a 500-bottle wine cooler, a pool with a rock cave and a waterfall, and a putting green.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
At least the webcam setup includes a sliding privacy shutter.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Press the shutter button and out comes your image, which develops in about 90 seconds.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
How to clean blinds and plantation shutters easily Supplies:
Kitchen tongs
2 sponges
Rubber bands
Instructions:
Wet sponges and squeeze excess water out of each sponge before attaching them to tongs.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
To use it on iPhones, swipe left on the shutter button in the Camera app.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Twist the lens barrel to turn it on, frame your shot, hit the shutter button, and voilà.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
The blaze’s intensity prompted Sacramento police to shutter X Street, between 18th and 20th streets, for several hours.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
In early December, Instagram shutters Chambers’ account for violating its terms of service.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Sadly, most longstanding businesses have shuttered as Silicon Valley’s tech moguls continue to blitzkrieg the real estate market in a digitized world.
—Alan Chazaro, SPIN, 21 Mar. 2024
Like an adjacent office and storage building, named for the late newspaper publisher and museum trustee David C. Copley, the baggage depot was shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The deadlines: Without new legislation, many agencies will shutter at 12:01 a.m. March 23.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Retailers also have been shuttering stores for years as consumers shift their shopping online.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Granite Shore Power, a subsidiary of Atlas Holdings, confirmed in an interview with the Monitor that there were no official plans to shutter the power plant, but declined to be quoted.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
Noun
The brief pointed to plummeting OB-GYN numbers and growing maternal health care deserts as hospitals across the state shutter or curtail their operations.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 12 Apr. 2024
That said, their shutter speeds aren’t nearly as slow as the LSST Camera.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
The home comes with six bedrooms, 6 ½ bathrooms, a guesthouse, a home theater, a butler's kitchen, two washers and dryers, wood shutters, two islands, a 500-bottle wine cooler, a pool with a rock cave and a waterfall, and a putting green.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
At least the webcam setup includes a sliding privacy shutter.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
Press the shutter button and out comes your image, which develops in about 90 seconds.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
How to clean blinds and plantation shutters easily Supplies:
Kitchen tongs
2 sponges
Rubber bands
Instructions:
Wet sponges and squeeze excess water out of each sponge before attaching them to tongs.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
To use it on iPhones, swipe left on the shutter button in the Camera app.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Twist the lens barrel to turn it on, frame your shot, hit the shutter button, and voilà.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
Verb
The pier has been shuttered since October, when it was damaged by high surf.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
The blaze’s intensity prompted Sacramento police to shutter X Street, between 18th and 20th streets, for several hours.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
In early December, Instagram shutters Chambers’ account for violating its terms of service.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024
Sadly, most longstanding businesses have shuttered as Silicon Valley’s tech moguls continue to blitzkrieg the real estate market in a digitized world.
—Alan Chazaro, SPIN, 21 Mar. 2024
Like an adjacent office and storage building, named for the late newspaper publisher and museum trustee David C. Copley, the baggage depot was shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic and did not reopen.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The deadlines: Without new legislation, many agencies will shutter at 12:01 a.m. March 23.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Retailers also have been shuttering stores for years as consumers shift their shopping online.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
Granite Shore Power, a subsidiary of Atlas Holdings, confirmed in an interview with the Monitor that there were no official plans to shutter the power plant, but declined to be quoted.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Shutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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shutter
1 of 2 noun
shut·ter
ˈshət-ər 
1
: a movable cover for a window that swings on hinges like a door
2
: a device in a camera that opens to allow light to enter when a picture is taken
shutter
2 of 2 verb
: to close with or by shutters
kept the house shuttered
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