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Shutter is an English word with synonyms like blind or screen. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shutter in a sentence

Shutter meaning

  1. One who shuts or closes something.
  2. 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.

Synonyms of Shutter

mechanical device blind screen close shut

Using Shutter

  • The main meaning on this page is: One who shuts or closes something. | Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. | The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
  • Useful related words include: mechanical device, blind, screen, close.
  • In the example corpus, shutter often appears in combinations such as: to shutter, the shutter, shutter speed.

Context around Shutter

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Shutter

  • In this selection, "shutter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, leaf, fast, opening, island, curtain and cameras stand out and add context to how "shutter" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a camera shutter sound this and a closing shutter curtain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shutter" sits close to words such as airplanes, brigadier and calorie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shutter

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The Departed; Shutter Island; Catch Me If You Can; The Wolf Of Wall Street. (14 words)

The grip now needs to be attached to the phone over Bluetooth to make the shutter work. (17 words)

Harlandale ISD is the second local district to shutter schools this year, following behind South San Antonio ISD. (18 words)

To take a picture, the leaf shutter closes, the blind opens, the leaf shutter opens then closes again, and finally the blind closes and the leaf shutter re-opens (the last step may only occur when the shutter is re-cocked). (41 words)

As his mental strain becomes more severe over the course of his investigation into Rachel's disappearance, his search takes him outside Ashecliffe's walls to the seaside cliffs and Shutter Island's ominous lighthouse, just off the coast. (39 words)

Disadvantages of such shutters are their inability to reliably produce very fast shutter speeds ( faster than 1/500th second or so) and the additional cost and weight of having to include a shutter mechanism for every lens. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

To take a picture, the leaf shutter closes, the blind opens, the leaf shutter opens then closes again, and finally the blind closes and the leaf shutter re-opens (the last step may only occur when the shutter is re-cocked).

Whatever the limit, you can bypass it by using “bulb” mode, where the shutter will stay open as long as you depress the shutter button, or will open with one press and close with a second.

Disadvantages of such shutters are their inability to reliably produce very fast shutter speeds ( faster than 1/500th second or so) and the additional cost and weight of having to include a shutter mechanism for every lens.

Early focal-plane shutters designed from the 1930s onwards usually consisted of two curtains that travelled horizontally across the film gate: an opening shutter curtain followed by a closing shutter curtain.

Inexpensive leaf-shutter cameras also benefited from behind-the-lens metering as, Topcon introduced the Auto 100 with front-mount interchangeable lenses designed only for that camera, and one of the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex leaf shutter cameras.

The duration of an exposure is referred to as shutter speed, often even in cameras that do not have a physical shutter, and is typically measured in fractions of a second.

Typically, a fast shutter will require a larger aperture to ensure sufficient light exposure, and a slow shutter will require a smaller aperture to avoid excessive exposure.

Wheels and buttons replaced the shutter dial on the camera and the aperture ring on the lens on many models, although some photographers still prefer shutter dials and aperture rings.

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After doing so, you will see a brief animation of the screen dimming and hear a camera shutter sound – this indicates that your screenshot has been taken.

As his mental strain becomes more severe over the course of his investigation into Rachel's disappearance, his search takes him outside Ashecliffe's walls to the seaside cliffs and Shutter Island's ominous lighthouse, just off the coast.

Between Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller Shutter Island and Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise, there's plenty to watch on Prime Video this May.

Harlandale ISD is the second local district to shutter schools this year, following behind South San Antonio ISD.

He then approached the building, reached into a broken window, and took a piece of a shutter slat.

Michelle Williams is one of the best working actresses today and has been featured in films like Shutter Island, The Fabelmans, Blue Valentine, Manchester By The Sea, and countless others.

Over the next two months, GM said it would shutter thousands of dealerships and a number of plants, as well as phase out such brands as Pontiac.

Shutter bugs will also want to use a wide-angle lens in order to capture as much of the night sky as possible.

Stein’s office in February sent a letter asking why the hospital decided to shutter a pharmacy in Mission Cancer Center, which advocates described as the most ideal way to get their medication.

The Departed; Shutter Island; Catch Me If You Can; The Wolf Of Wall Street.

The facility is equipped with drive-in roller shutter doors, each measuring 5.5 metres in width and six metres in height, ensuring ease of entry and exit for out-of-gauge cargo.

The grip now needs to be attached to the phone over Bluetooth to make the shutter work.

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Common combinations with shutter

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shutter" in a sentence?
An example: "To take a picture, the leaf shutter closes, the blind opens, the leaf shutter opens then closes again, and finally the blind closes and the leaf shutter re-opens (the last step may only occur when the shutter is re-cocked)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shutter" from authentic English texts.
What does "shutter" mean?
Shutter means: One who shuts or closes something.
What are synonyms of "shutter"?
Common synonyms of "shutter" include: mechanical device, blind, screen, close, shut.
How many example sentences with "shutter" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shutter", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.