shutter
1 of 2noun
shut·ter ˈshə-tər 
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
shutterless
ˈshə-tər-ləs
adjective shutter
2 of 2verb
shuttered; shuttering; shutters
transitive verb
1
: to close by or as if by shutters
corporations shuttering their production plants
2
: to furnish with shutters
Example Sentences
Verb They locked the doors and shuttered the windows. They declared bankruptcy and shuttered the store.
Recent Examples on the Web
New York Times, 27 June 2022 The looming uncertainty of whether the mass care site in the arena would suddenly shutter has given way to an arrangement at Centennial with no clear end-date yet announced by City Hall. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022 When a wildlife camera is on duty, with its heat- or motion-triggered shutter at the ready day and night, the answer can be startling. New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021 Union Station is in line for a multibillion-dollar revamp over two decades, but first must overcome a growing sense of unease as businesses shutter and rail traffic struggles to reach pre-pandemic levels. Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 The food and drink scene in Montrose continues to evolve as popular haunts shutter and new ones spring in their place. Megha Mcswain, Chron, 6 July 2022 Some nice things about the webcam include a physical privacy shutter and a keyboard shortcut for turning on and off background blur. Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 28 July 2022 For him, that image would not have been here—the room in which the photograph was taken at the precise moment the photographer released the camera’s shutter. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 July 12, unknown offenders broke a shutter covering glass on a ticket booth near the football field. Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022 Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 In 2020, Covid lockdowns hit service sectors particularly hard as lockdowns forced businesses to shutter up. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 After starting July 7, the fire forced the southern entrance of Yosemite to shutter and led to the evacuation hundreds of people in the community of Wawona. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 The site will then be forced to shutter until another shipment of vaccine doses arrive, city officials said. Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2022 South Africa is also preparing to destroy vaccines that will expire and shutter costly mass-vaccination programs amid low demand, said Nicholas Crisp, who leads the country’s vaccination program. Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 11 May 2022 After just an hour of operation, the city was forced to shutter the temporary bike lane over a permitting issue, according to David Fields, chief transportation planner for the city of Houston. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 9 Mar. 2022 City Hall on Sunday reversed Mayor de Blasio’s move to shutter Lasker and Wollman rinks in Central Park six weeks ahead of their typical April closing dates — in an effort to freeze-out his political rival. Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021 Gayles is one of the first health officials in the United States to require that private schools shutter this fall. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020 See More
Noun
Wheat mills lacking grain in Lebanon have halted operations in recent months, forcing bakeries to shutter. New York Times, 27 June 2022 The looming uncertainty of whether the mass care site in the arena would suddenly shutter has given way to an arrangement at Centennial with no clear end-date yet announced by City Hall. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022 When a wildlife camera is on duty, with its heat- or motion-triggered shutter at the ready day and night, the answer can be startling. New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021 Union Station is in line for a multibillion-dollar revamp over two decades, but first must overcome a growing sense of unease as businesses shutter and rail traffic struggles to reach pre-pandemic levels. Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 The food and drink scene in Montrose continues to evolve as popular haunts shutter and new ones spring in their place. Megha Mcswain, Chron, 6 July 2022 Some nice things about the webcam include a physical privacy shutter and a keyboard shortcut for turning on and off background blur. Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 28 July 2022 For him, that image would not have been here—the room in which the photograph was taken at the precise moment the photographer released the camera’s shutter. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 July 12, unknown offenders broke a shutter covering glass on a ticket booth near the football field. Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022 Verb
All restaurants were forced to shutter on Thursday and Friday, and businesses were only permitted to sell food that was prepackaged. Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 In 2020, Covid lockdowns hit service sectors particularly hard as lockdowns forced businesses to shutter up. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 After starting July 7, the fire forced the southern entrance of Yosemite to shutter and led to the evacuation hundreds of people in the community of Wawona. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 The site will then be forced to shutter until another shipment of vaccine doses arrive, city officials said. Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2022 South Africa is also preparing to destroy vaccines that will expire and shutter costly mass-vaccination programs amid low demand, said Nicholas Crisp, who leads the country’s vaccination program. Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 11 May 2022 After just an hour of operation, the city was forced to shutter the temporary bike lane over a permitting issue, according to David Fields, chief transportation planner for the city of Houston. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 9 Mar. 2022 City Hall on Sunday reversed Mayor de Blasio’s move to shutter Lasker and Wollman rinks in Central Park six weeks ahead of their typical April closing dates — in an effort to freeze-out his political rival. Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021 Gayles is one of the first health officials in the United States to require that private schools shutter this fall. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
shutter
noun
shut·ter ˈshə-tər
1
: a usually movable cover for the outside of a window
2
: a device in a camera that opens to let in light when a picture is taken