Synonyms for shutter


Grammar : Noun
Spell : shuht-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌt ər


Définition of shutter

Origin :
  • 1540s, "one who shuts" (see shut (v.)); meaning "movable wooden or iron screen for a window" is from 1680s. Photographic sense of "device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens" is from 1862.
  • noun blind
Example sentences :
  • I went up to the window and looked in through a chink in the shutter.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • The shutter had not been made fast, and I could see the banqueters and catch what they were saying.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • The shutter was sharply drawn back from her eyes, and she saw Ruffo.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • This made the room dark and gloomy, especially since one shutter was stuck shut.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Felicite, enraged, was beating a tattoo on the shutter with her impatient fingers.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Every shutter and every shingle seemed to be loose and complaining of the fact.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This shutter had been little used since the days of press-gangs.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • He had just time to answer the gesture, when the shutter was closed.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • When this substance dried it was no longer possible to open the shutter.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • She ran to it, and by raising herself on her toes was able to reach the shutter with her fingertips.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

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