/ ˈʃʌtə(r); NAmE / noun
1.
[ usually pl. ] one of a pair of wooden or metal covers that can be closed over the outside of a window to keep out light or protect the windows from damage :
to open / close the shutters
( BrE , figurative )
More than 70 000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters (= close down their businesses) in the past year.
—picture at house
2.
the part of a camera that opens to allow light to pass through the lens when you take a photograph
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IDIOMS
- bring / put down the shutters