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- [shuht-er]
- /ˈʃʌt ər/
- /ˈʃʌt.ər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shuht-er]
- /ˈʃʌt ər/
Definitions of shutters word
- noun shutters a solid or louvered movable cover for a window. 1
- noun shutters a movable cover, slide, etc., for an opening. 1
- noun shutters a person or thing that shuts. 1
- noun shutters Photography. a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like. 1
- verb with object shutters to close or provide with shutters: She shuttered the windows. 1
- verb with object shutters to close (a store or business operations) for the day or permanently. 1
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Origin of shutters
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45; shut + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shutters
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shutters popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shutters usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shutters
noun shutters
verb shutters
- finishes — Plural form of finish.
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