shutter

shutter
noun
1 cover for a window
ADJECTIVE
▪ closed, open
▪

He left the shutter open.

▪ metal, steel, wooden
▪ security (BrE), window
▪ louvred/louvered
VERB + SHUTTER
▪ have
▪ fling open, fold back, open, throw back, throw open
▪

He threw open the shutters to cool the room.

▪ close, pull down, put up (esp. BrE)
▪

The store had put up the shutters for the night.

▪ install
SHUTTER + VERB
▪ be down, come down
▪

All the shutters in the street were down.

▪

I could feel the shutters coming down in her mind. (figurative)

PREPOSITION
▪ behind shutter a/the
▪

She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed shutters.

▪ through shutter a/the
▪

Daylight was filtering through the shutters when he woke up.

2 part of a camera
ADJECTIVE
▪ camera
VERB + SHUTTER
▪ click, press
SHUTTER + VERB
▪ click
▪

You could hear hundreds of camera shutters clicking.

SHUTTER + NOUN
▪ speed
▪

You will need a fast shutter speed to photograph racing.

▪ button, release
▪

to press the shutter release


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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