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shutter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mechanical device |
| Derivation | shut |
Examples of shutters
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The formal living room includes a masonry gas fireplace and plantation shutters.
From the washingtontimes.com
This charming hotel, with Wedgwood blue shutters on the windows, was delightful.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The shutters are half-closed, and a school desk stands rotting in the courtyard.
From the independent.co.uk
Replace fabric window treatments with metal or wood blinds, shades and shutters.
From the omaha.com
The window shutters that can be closed to provide protection from orbital debris.
From the edition.cnn.com
Shopkeepers pulled down their shutters as protesters raced through the streets.
From the economist.com
Add hurricane shutters, strengthen your roofs and make other home improvements.
From the news-journalonline.com
Wood shutters throughout, and the entire house has been wired for surround sound.
From the ocregister.com
Tall windows and shutters helped moderate the temperature extremes in the summer.
From the post-gazette.com
- A mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- Close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
- A hinged blind for a window
- Shutter (Thai: u0E0Au0E31u0E15u0E40u0E15u0E2Du0E23u0E4C u0E01u0E14u0E15u0E34u0E14u0E27u0E34u0E0Du0E0Du0E32u0E13) is a 2004 Thai horror film by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom; starring Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee, and Achita Sikamana. It focuses on mysterious images seen in developed pictures.
- Shutter is a 2008 American remake of the 2004 Thai horror film of the same name. The remake was directed by Masayuki Ochiai, and was released on March 21, 2008. .
- In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene. ...
- (Shuttering) A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, center and bottom). ...
- Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light; The part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture; To close the shutters; To close up a building for a prolonged period of inoccupancy
- (Shuttered) When a mall is boarded up.
