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shutter noun [ ˈʃʌtə ]

• each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light.
• "he threw open the shutters to let in air and light"
Similar: screen, louvre, blind, roller blind, venetian blind, curtain, shade, awning, canopy, jalousie, persiennes,
• a device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.
• the blind enclosing the swell box in an organ, used for controlling the volume of sound.

shutter verb

• close the shutters of (a window or building).
• "the windows were shuttered against the afternoon heat"

put up the shutters

• (of a business) cease trading for the day or permanently.
"the village Post Office put up the shutters for the last time"



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