shuttered

Describes a building or business that is closed, typically with shutters or doors closed, often permanently.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt ein Gebäude oder einen Betrieb, das bzw. der geschlossen ist, meist mit geschlossenen Fensterläden oder Türen, oft dauerhaft. Bezieht sich auch auf etwas, das mit Läden versehen oder verschlossen wurde.

1. Closed permanently B2 formal

   Describes a business, building, or facility that has been closed down and is no longer operating.

   • The factory has been shuttered for over a year.
   • Many shops in the town center are now shuttered.
   • The shuttered cinema was a sad sight for the locals.

   🇩🇪Für immer geschlossen

   Synonyme: closeddefunctshut

   Antonyme: activefunctioningopenoperating

2. Fitted with shutters B2 formal

   Describes a window or building that has shutters attached or closed.

   • The old house had shuttered windows.
   • She looked out through the shuttered glass.
   • The shuttered facade gave the building a mysterious look.

   🇩🇪Mit Fensterläden versehen

   Antonyme: openuncoveredunshuttered

• more shuttered comparative form
• most shuttered superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of closing or covering with shutters, or to cease operations temporarily or permanently.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das das Schließen oder Abdecken mit Fensterläden bezeichnet sowie die vorübergehende oder dauerhafte Einstellung des Betriebs.

1. Close with shutters B2 formal

   To close or cover a window with shutters.

   • She shuttered the windows before the storm arrived.
   • The old house was shuttered and abandoned.
   • He shuttered the shop for the night.

   🇩🇪Mit Fensterläden schließen

   Synonyme: closecoverscreenshade

2. Close a business B2 informal american

   To close a business or operation permanently or temporarily.

   • The restaurant shuttered its doors after 20 years.
   • Many small businesses shuttered during the recession.
   • They shuttered the factory due to declining sales.

   🇩🇪Schließen

   Synonyme: closeclose downdiscontinuefoldshutshut downwind up

   Antonyme: openoperate

• shuttered past participle
• shuttered past simple
• shuttering present participle
• shutters third person singular