shutter
noun /ˈʃʌtə(r)/
  /ˈʃʌtər/
 Idioms 
enlarge image[usually plural] one of a pair of wooden or metal covers that can be closed over the outside of a window to keep out light or protect the windows from damage
enlarge image- to open/close the shutters
 - They explored, throwing open the shutters in each of the big rooms.
 - (British English, figurative) More than 70 000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters (= close down their businesses) in the past year.
 
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1- Daylight was filtering through the shutters when he woke up.
 - He threw open the shutters to cool the room.
 - She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed shutters.
 - The store had put up the shutters for the night.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- closed
 - open
 - metal
 - …
 
- have
 - fling open
 - fold back
 - …
 
- be down
 - come down
 
- behind shutter a/the
 - through shutter a/the
 
- the part of a camera that opens to allow light to pass through the lens when you take a photograph
- the quiet click of the shutter
 
Extra Examples- You will need a fast shutter speed to photograph racing.
 - As the princess approached you could hear hundreds of camera shutters clicking.
 
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- camera
 
- click
 - press
 
- click
 
- speed
 - button
 - release
 - …
 
 
Idioms 
bring/put down the shutters 
- to stop letting somebody know what your thoughts or feelings are; to stop letting yourself think about something
- He brought down the shutters on the image of the dying girl.
 - I could feel the shutters coming down in her mind.
 
 

