shut´ter|less

shut´ter|less
shut|ter «SHUHT uhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a movable cover, usually one of a pair, for a window; blind: »

When we shut up our cottage for the winter, we put shutters on all the windows.

2. a) a movable cover or slide for closing any opening: »

Every train…had its windows sealed with steel shutters (Newsweek).

b) a device that opens and closes in front of the film in a camera in order to regulate the length of an exposure.
3. a person or thing that shuts.
–v.t.
to put a shutter or shutters on or over; close up; shut down: »

We shuttered our windows before the storm. Shop owners shuttered their stores (Wall Street Journal).

shut´ter|less, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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