noun
1 cover for a window
ADJECTIVE
▪ closed , open
▪
He left the ~ 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 ~s to cool the room.
▪ close , pull down , put up ( esp. BrE )
▪
The store had put up the ~s for the night.
▪ install
SHUTTER + VERB
▪ be down , come down
▪
All the ~s in the street were down.
▪
I could feel the ~s coming down in her mind. ( figurative )
PREPOSITION
▪ behind ~ a/the
▪
She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed ~s.
▪ through ~ a/the
▪
Daylight was filtering through the ~s when he woke up.
2 part of a camera
ADJECTIVE
▪ camera
VERB + SHUTTER
▪ click , press
SHUTTER + VERB
▪ click
▪
You could hear hundreds of camera ~s clicking.
SHUTTER + NOUN
▪ speed
▪
You will need a fast ~ speed to photograph racing.
▪ button , release
▪
to press the ~ release