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shutter

Definition

  • noun: one of a pair of outside covers for a window that open and close like a door
  • noun: one that 'shuts'
  • verb: to close by or as if by 'shutters'
  • verb: to cover (a window) with shutters
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: blind

Examples

  • They declared bankruptcy and 'shuttered' the store.

  • They locked the doors and 'shuttered' the windows.

  • She opened the 'shutters'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You want a say in this? Yes, I would. What do you want? I want a white house... - with blue shutters... - Mm-hmm. and a room overlooking the river so I can paint. - Anything else? - Yes. (..)
    2004 The Notebook