Shutter - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʃʌtər|  American pronunciation of the word shutter
Brit.  |ˈʃʌtə|  British pronunciation of the word shutter

noun

- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- a hinged blind for a window

verb

- close with shutters
We shuttered the window to keep the house cool

Extra examples

The doors were closed, the windows shuttered.

The company shuttered its Hong Kong business a year ago.

We shuttered the window to keep the house cool

The camera's shutter mechanism is broken.

The photograph was taken using a fast shutter speed and a large aperture.

The camera shutter clicked.

That shutter flaps every time there's a wind.

His finger was poised on the camera's shutter release.

Word forms

noun
singular: shutter
plural: shutters
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