Shutter (Verb)
Meaning
Close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- We shuttered the window to keep the house cool during the heatwave.
- The new storm windows will help us shutter the house securely when a hurricane warning is issued.
- In preparation for the hurricane, the store owner chose to shutter her business until the storm passed.
- To protect the glass from the strong winds, they decided to shutter all the windows on the east side of the house.
- The residents of the old house would shutter the windows at night to keep out the cold and reduce heat loss.