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Answer for the clue "Keep mum, say, closer ", 7 letters:
shutter
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Word definitions for shutter in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure a hinged blind for a window v. close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shutter \Shut"ter\, n. One who shuts or closes. A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind. A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1826, from shutter (n.). Related: Shuttered ; shuttering .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In photography , a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period, exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light in order to capture a permanent image of a scene. A shutter can also be used to allow pulses ...
Usage examples of shutter.
The doors to the admin building were locked, and the ground floor windows shuttered or barricaded.
Across the road, beyond the shuttered se afront kiosks, the sky was a dirty grey mass of rolling clouds, imitating the swell and froth of the sea.
Sr Alec sat up blinking as Seregil threw open the shutters early the next morning.
Jiggering the latch inside as quietly as he could, Alec opened the shutter and climbed through.
Still crouching, Yama closed and bolted the heavy slatted shutters of both windows, then pulled the arbalest bolt from the wall.
The house was not yet astir and the hall was dim behind the shutters that had been drawn for the night.
Next Tuesday at day-break I began to dance attendance at the corner of the Rue des Prouveres, and waited there till the servant came out to take down the shutters.
She turned on a light in the kitchen, which was visible through bifold shutters resting on the countertop.
Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely.
Van Dusen chuckled lowly as Bonhomme quickly secured the front door and lowered the steel hurricane shutters to protect the windows.
Their wheezing breath was loud in the shuttered quiet of the street, but he could hear the snarling brabble of voices not far off and the thudding sound of feet.
Smooth facets of buildings have given way to cobbly insides of concrete blasted apart, all the endless-pebbled rococo just behind the shuttering.
Similar diamonds defaced the shutters, the shop front, and the swan-shaped sign that hung above the door.
The gray morning twilight stole drearily through the closed shutter, and the lamp burned dim and dismal still.
You will not wonder, Watson, that my first act on entering your rooms was to close your shutters, and that I have been compelled to ask your permission to leave the house by some less conspicuous exit than the front door.