Collocations for "shuttering"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shuttering" in context.
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shutter
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- the [shop, store, garage, entrance] shutters
- [metal, automatic, manual] shutters
- [voice, smartphone, remote] -activated shutters
- install a [rolling, roller] shutter
- [threw open, opened] the shutter to let in light
- the shutter [rattled, banged, shook] in the wind
- the [kitchen, bathroom] shutters
- left the shutters [open, closed]
- [replace, repaint] the shutters
- open up the shutters
- the house with [green, red] shutters
- slang: has closed its shutters for good
- the camera's shutter
- need to get the shutter [repaired, fixed]
- heard the shutter click
- heard the click of the shutter
- a [leaf, focal-plane, diaphragm] shutter
- shutter (up) the [shop, house, building]
- the [shop] was shuttered (up)
- the [shop] was shuttered at [night, lunchtime]
- the [shop] was shuttered for the [night, storm]
- the [shop] was shuttered against the [sun, heat, wind]
- the [shop] shuttered their windows
- the [company, business] has shuttered [for good, temporarily]
- the camera's shutter speed
- set the shutter speed to [1/60] of a second
- a [slow, fast] shutter speed
- a shutter speed of [1/60] of a second