shuttered
/ˈʃʌtərd/
adjective
- Closed or fitted with shutters (window covers).
- The old house had shuttered windows that kept the rooms dark.
- The hurricane warning made everyone keep their homes shuttered.
- We walked past a row of shuttered shops in the quiet village.
- Closed permanently or temporarily (for a business, factory, etc.).
- The shuttered store still had its sign hanging above the door.
- The shuttered factory left many workers without jobs.
- After the pandemic, several shuttered restaurants never reopened.
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verb
- Past tense of shutter: closed with shutters; or closed a business or operation.
- She shuttered the windows to block out the bright sun.
- They shuttered the cabin before the winter storm arrived.
- The company shuttered its last branch office last year.