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Shutter

/ˈʃʌtɚ/

One who shuts or closes something.

📖 Definitions of "Shutter"

noun

1
One who shuts or closes something.
2
(usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
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
To close shutters covering.
"Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!"
2
To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
"It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended."
3
To cancel or terminate.
"The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
closed	Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
shutnoun	The act or time of shutting; close.
shut-offnoun	Alternative spelling of shutoff, often used attributively. [A valve used to turn something off.]
shutoffnoun	The act of turning something off.
shutdownnoun	The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
closenoun	An end or conclusion.
blockingnoun	The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
closurenoun	An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
catchnoun	(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
strikernoun	A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
blankingnoun	An instance of something being blanked out.
latchnoun	A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
gatenoun	A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
locknoun	Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
plugnoun	(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
sunshadenoun	Something to keep the sun off, or create shade from the sun; a parasol or awning.
louvernoun	(chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
stoppernoun	Someone or something that stops something.