shutter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃʌtɚ/ without t-flapping
- [ˈʃʰʌ̈ɾɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʌ̈ɾɹ̩] t-flapping
- [ˈʃʰʌ̹tʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈʃʌtəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɚ] ~ [ˈʃʰʌ̈tʰɹ̩] without t-flapping
- (US) audio
- /ˈʃʌɾɚ/ t-flapping
Etymology
From shut + -er. Compare shuttle.
Meanings
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One who shuts or closes something.
the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind
1980, Max Scheler, translated by Manfred S. Frings, Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge:The volunteers consisted of a ringmaster, two experienced young cattlemen to grade the cattle, gate-openers and shutters[…]
1958, Blackwood's Magazine:
- (plural-normally) Each of a series of protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
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A similar screen used as an improvised stretcher to carry someone wounded or sick.
[T]he other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter.
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:‘I can remember his body coming home, on a shutter I suppose, just as I was going down to tea […].’
1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XI, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
- The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
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Any other opening and closing device.
A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment. […] A shutter, in three parts, is fitted, which when lowered completely encloses the bar.
1950 June, “New Restaurant and Buffet Cars, G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415, 416:
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A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers.
1959 December 14, Richard Hope, “Narrow Gauge Landslip”, in Railway Magazine, page 866:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shutters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
storm shutter · shutterspeed · shutter speed · shutter-priority · unshutter · shutter dam · shutterwise · shutterless · time shutter · shutterbug · shutter chance · shutterlike · roller shutter · shutterer · ferroelectric shutter · leaf shutter · shutter shades · shutter priority
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (127)
gd còmhla uinneig (protective panels over windows) · hu zsalugáter (protective panels over windows) · gd for-uinneag (protective panels over windows) · be ваке́нніца (protective panels over windows) · fr contrevent (protective panels over windows) · ru закрыва́тельница (one who shuts or closes) · be ваке́ньніца (protective panels over windows) · bg капа́к (protective panels over windows) · fr persienne (protective panels over windows) · ru закрыва́ющая (one who shuts or closes) · cs závěrka (part of a camera) · it anta (protective panels over windows) · sc toccadore (protective panels over windows) · csb òczelnica (protective panels over windows) · be аке́ньніца (protective panels over windows) · ru закрыва́ющий (one who shuts or closes) · fi ikkunaluukku (protective panels over windows) · he תְּרִיס (part of a camera) · sh kàpak (protective panels over windows) · de Fensterladen (protective panels over windows) · nl luik (protective panels over windows) · mk ќепенок (protective panels over windows) · vi màn trập (part of a camera) · da skodde (protective panels over windows) · is gluggahleri (protective panels over windows) · gd còmhla (part of a camera) · vi cửa chắn (part of a camera) · hu zárszerkezet (part of a camera) · ko 덧문 (protective panels over windows) · bg затво́р (part of a camera) · ga comhla (ceamara) (part of a camera) · fr volet (protective panels over windows) · be аке́нніца (protective panels over windows) · pl okiennica (protective panels over windows) · pt veneziana (protective panels over windows) · ru затво́р (part of a camera) · sl zaklop (part of a camera) · it battente (protective panels over windows) · ro oblon (protective panels over windows) · sc toccadore (protective panels over windows) · ko 빈지문 (protective panels over windows) · it persiana (protective panels over windows) · sv slutare (part of a camera) · ar مِصْرَاع (part of a camera) · cmn 護窗板 /护窗板 (protective panels over windows) · lb Lued (protective panels over windows) · vi tấm chắn (part of a camera) · bg затваряч (one who shuts or closes) · sk okenica (protective panels over windows) · is lokari (part of a camera) · vo kläped (protective panels over windows) · nb vinduslem (protective panels over windows) · he תְּרִיס (protective panels over windows) · es puertaventana (protective panels over windows) · mk затворач (part of a camera) · fa شاتر (part of a camera) · be акані́ца (protective panels over windows) · nn lukkar (part of a camera) · de Verschließender (one who shuts or closes) · cmn 快門 /快门 (part of a camera) · gd còmhla chamara (part of a camera) · uk віко́нниця (protective panels over windows) · ru ста́вень (protective panels over windows) · el παραθυρόφυλλο (protective panels over windows) · is hleri (protective panels over windows) · bg кепе́нк (protective panels over windows) · vo fenätakläped (protective panels over windows) · ka დარაბა (protective panels over windows) · gd còmhla (protective panels over windows) · ga comhla (fuinneoige) (protective panels over windows) · mi kōpani (part of a camera) · uz zatvor (part of a camera) · ast postigu (protective panels over windows) · es contraventana (protective panels over windows) · el κλείστρο (part of a camera) · es postigo (protective panels over windows) · ur شٹر (part of a camera) · el παντζούρι (protective panels over windows) · bg жалузи (protective panels over windows) · ast contra (protective panels over windows) · es obturador (part of a camera) · pl migawka (part of a camera) · hu zsalu (protective panels over windows) · sh ка̀пак (protective panels over windows) · ca finestró (protective panels over windows) · ru закрыва́тель (one who shuts or closes) · vo färmüköm (part of a camera) · ko 셔터 (part of a camera) · cmn 窗板 (protective panels over windows) · fr obturateur (part of a camera) · de Verschluss (part of a camera) · fi sulkija (one who shuts or closes) · de Rollladen (protective panels over windows) · nb skodde (protective panels over windows) · it scuro (protective panels over windows) · hu zár (part of a camera) · sh затва̀ра̄ч (part of a camera) · mk капак (protective panels over windows) · ro obturator (part of a camera) · nb lukker (part of a camera) · hu spaletta (protective panels over windows) · pt obturador (part of a camera) · uk затво́р (part of a camera) · sc importellitu (protective panels over windows) · sh zatvàrāč (part of a camera) · cs okenice (protective panels over windows) · fi suljin (part of a camera) · ka საკეტი (part of a camera) · ja シャッター (part of a camera) · sk uzávierka (part of a camera) · sc battenti (protective panels over windows) · da lukke (part of a camera) · el διάφραγμα (part of a camera) · gl contra (protective panels over windows) · ast cuartarón (protective panels over windows) · nl sluiter (part of a camera) · hi शटर (part of a camera) · be затво́р (part of a camera) · mi pihanga (protective panels over windows) · de Verschließer (one who shuts or closes) · sl naoknica (protective panels over windows) · it otturatore (part of a camera) · tr obtüratör (part of a camera) · ja 雨戸 (protective panels over windows) · ca porticó (protective panels over windows) · pt postigo (protective panels over windows) · sv fönsterlucka (protective panels over windows)