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Plural of shutter

regular plural

The plural of shutter is shutters.

Forms of shutter

Singularshutter /ˈʃʌtəː/
Pluralshutters
Countablecountable

Shutters in a sentence

  • the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind1980, Max Scheler, translated by Manfred S. Frings, Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge
  • The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers.1959 December, Richard Hope, “Narrow Gauge Landslip”, in Railway Magazine, page 866
  • She's all the time spying in that alley behind her shutters.”1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 7, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing)…. From the entry peace bond
  • God knows how many babushki standing behind the shutters of their cottages had seen her.1960, Harrison E[vans] Salisbury, To Moscow and Beyond: A Reporter’s Narrative, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 64. From the entry babushki
  • Features such as shutters, eave brackets, transoms, a wraparound porch, and a pergola all help establish the style of this home.2006 February, Jill Kirchner Simpson, “Building a Modular Home”, in Country Living, volume 29, number 2, page 51. From the entry eave

Meaning of shutter

  1. noun One who shuts or closes something.
  2. noun Each of a series of protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  3. noun A similar screen used as an improvised stretcher to carry someone wounded or sick.

Full definition of shutter

Questions about the plural of shutter

What is the plural of shutter?
The plural of shutter is shutters.
Is shutter countable?
Shutter is a countable noun.

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