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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shuttering /ˈʃʌtərɪŋ/ n - another word (esp Brit) for formwork
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shut•ter /ˈʃʌtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a solid, movable cover for a window.
- a movable cover, etc., for an opening, such as over the opening of a camera lens that controls the exposure of the film.
v. [~ + object] - to close or provide with shutters:to shutter a window.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shut•ter (shut′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- a movable cover, slide, etc., for an opening.
- a person or thing that shuts.
- Photographya mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.
v.t. - to close or provide with shutters:She shuttered the windows.
- to close (a store or business operations) for the day or permanently.
v.i. - to close or close down:The factory has shuttered temporarily.
shut′ter•less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See curtain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shutter /ˈʃʌtə/ n - a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window
- put up the shutters ⇒ to close business at the end of the day or permanently
- an opaque shield in a camera that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second. It is either built into the lens system or lies in the focal plane of the lens (focal-plane shutter)
- one of the louvred covers over the mouths of organ pipes, operated by the swell pedal
- a person or thing that shuts
vb (transitive)- to close with or as if with a shutter or shutters
- to equip with a shutter or shutters
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