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shutter shades

shutter shades noun: a style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.

shutter shades: a style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses
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Noun

shutter shades pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
    • "Never trust anything you read online," Tanya said, pushing up her shutter shades.2012, Alec Nevala-Lee, The Icon Thief, Signet, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Kanye glasses

Synonyms of shutter shades

Origin of shutter shades

From the trademarked name of a brand of sunglasses created by Shutter Shades, Inc., in 2007. Similar louvered/slatted sunglasses which existed as early as the 1950s and were popular in the 1980s were known by other names, such as "Venetian blinders".

Questions about shutter shades

What does shutter shades mean?
Shutter shades means a style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
What part of speech is shutter shades?
Shutter shades is a noun.

Words near shutter shades in the dictionary

  1. shutter chance
  2. shutter chances
  3. shutter dam
  4. shutter dams
  5. shutter priority
  6. shutter shades
  7. shutter speed
  8. shutter speeds
  9. shutter-priority
  10. shutterbug
  11. shutterbugs

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