Shuttered vs Closed - What's the difference?
shuttered | closed |
(shutter)
One who shuts or closes something.
* (Max Beerbohm)
(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
To close shutters covering.
To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open
(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade
Not public.
(topology, of a set) Having an open complement.
(mathematics, of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
(mathematics, logic, of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
(close)
As verbs the difference between shuttered and closed
is that shuttered is past tense of shutter while closed is past tense of close.As an adjective closed is
sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.shuttered
English
Verb
(head)shutter
English
Noun
(en noun)- it would be very difficult to pack this drawing in such a way that it would be sure not to be injured by the frantic fingers of the openers and shutters .
Derived terms
* roller shutter * shutter priority * shutter speedVerb
(en verb)- Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
- It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
- The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.
Anagrams
*closed
English
Adjective
(-)- closed source
- a closed committee
- The set of integers is closed under addition: .
