shutter

About 1.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who shuts or closes something.
2. noun Each of a series of protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
3. noun A similar screen used as an improvised stretcher to carry someone wounded or sick.
4. noun The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
5. noun Any other opening and closing device.
6. noun A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
7. verb To close shutters covering.

   Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!

8. verb To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

   It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.

Similar words

closed shut shut-off shutoff shutdown closing close blocking closure end

Often followed by

speed is speeds and of release was to in

Word family

shuttered shuttering shutterless shutters