1[usually plural]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 damageto open/close the shuttersThey explored, throwing open the shutters in each of the big rooms. (British English, figurative) More than 70000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters(= close down their businesses) in the past year.2the part of a camera that opens to allow light to pass through the lens when you take a photographthe quiet click of the shutter
Idioms
bring/put down the shutters
to stop letting somebody know what your thoughts or feelings are; to stop letting yourself think about something
He brought down the shutters on the image of the dying girl.
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