shutter

/หˆสƒสŒtษš/

IPA: /SH AH1 T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    One who shuts or closes something.

  2. 2

    (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.

  3. 3

    The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.

verb
  1. 1

    To close shutters covering.

    โ€œShutter the windows: there's a storm coming!โ€

  2. 2

    To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

    โ€œIt took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.โ€

  3. 3

    To cancel or terminate.

    โ€œThe US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shutter