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   shutter

   /ˈʃʌtə/

   noun

   • 1. each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light: "he threw open the shutters to let in air and light"
   • 2. a device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.
   • 3. the blind enclosing the swell box in an organ, used for controlling the volume of sound.

   verb

   • 1. close the shutters of (a window or building): "the windows were shuttered against the afternoon heat"
   • ▪ close (a business): "the city was gripped by economic forces that were squeezing its tax base and shuttering its factories"

   Derivatives

   • 1. shutterless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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