shutter

Speech parts

1. shutter - Noun

2. shutter - Verb

3. Shutter - Proper noun

Meaning

One who shuts or closes.

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.

A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

iris bolt close cover shut blind seal shade curtain louver shut down jalousie roller blind louvre end
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Antonyms

see open explain reveal expose assail
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Hypernyms

close screen shut blind mechanical device

Hyponyms

deadlight jalousie

Phrases with the word

metal shutter storm shutter rolling shutter slide shutter sliding shutter

Examples

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. Christopher Isherwood

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera. Yousuf Karsh

A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be Uranus, or it may be in the shutter. Henry David Thoreau

The TV camera has no shutter. It does not deal with aspects or facets of objects in high resolution. It is a means of direct pick-up by the electrical groping over surfaces. Marshall McLuhan

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. Ansel Adams

I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. Christopher Isherwood

Close letter words and terms

Shutt shuttable shuttance shutter chance shutter dam shutter priority