- 1to cover the outside of a window with shutters I shuttered all the windows and locked the doors.
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- 2to close a business, store, etc. permanently or for a limited time The strike shuttered theaters for three weeks. see shuttered
shutter
verbNAmE//ˈʃʌt̮ər//
[transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shutter he / she / it shutters past simple shuttered -ing form shutteringCheck pronunciation: shutter