SHUTTER
\ʃˈʌtə], \ʃˈʌtə], \ʃ_ˈʌ_t_ə]\
Definitions of SHUTTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a hinged blind for a window
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a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
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close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
By Princeton University
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a hinged blind for a window
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a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mechanical device of various forms, attached to a camera for opening and closing to expose the plate.
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One who shuts or closes.
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A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
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A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
By Oddity Software
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A mechanical device of various forms, attached to a camera for opening and closing to expose the plate.
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One who shuts or closes.
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A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
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A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
By Noah Webster.
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One who or that which shuts: a close cover for a window or aperture.
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To provide, protect, or cover over with a shutter or shutters. "The school-house windows were all shuttered up."-T. Hughes.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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