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Collocations for shutter - noun

1. cover for a window

ADJECTIVE

closed, open
He left the shutter open.
metal, steel, wooden
security (BrE), window
louvred/louvered

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VERB + shutter

have
fling open, fold back, open, throw back, throw open
He threw open the shutters to cool the room.
close, pull down, put up (esp. BrE)
The store had put up the shutters for the night.
install

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shutter + VERB

be down, come down
All the shutters in the street were down.
I could feel the shutters coming down in her mind. (figurative)

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PREPOSITION

behind shutter a/the
She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed shutters.
through shutter a/the
Daylight was filtering through the shutters when he woke up.

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2. part of a camera

ADJECTIVE

camera

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VERB + shutter

click, press

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shutter + VERB

click
You could hear hundreds of camera shutters clicking.

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shutter + NOUN

speed
You will need a fast shutter speed to photograph racing.
button, release
to press the shutter release

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