steel shutter

collocation in English

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steel
noun[U]
uk
/stiːl/us
/stiːl/
a strong metal that is a mixture of iron and carbon, used for making things that need a strong structure, especially vehicles ...
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shutter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃʌt.ər/us
/ˈʃʌt̬.ɚ/
the part of a camera that opens temporarily to allow light to reach the film when a photograph is ...
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(Definition ofsteelandshutterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Its minimum height was 20ft6 in, and it was equipped with foursteelshutterfire curtains to isolate any fires in the hangar.
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Eachsteelshutterweighed one-half a ton.
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The steel shutters immediately fall when we talk about price.
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The gang has made a whole row of shops there put up steel shutters and it is destroying an excellent facility.
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It has operable steel shutters that shade the north and west elevations of the home.
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This meant the projection room required steel shutters to contain any potential fire.
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The fighting compartment had an embrasure on each side, these were about 8 in high by 18 in wide and fitted with sliding steel shutters.
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The barracks itself was strongly fortified and held; it had steel shutters in place of windows and was surrounded by barbed wire entanglements.
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Also, when in lockdown mode steel shutters close around the front windshield, windows and the exterior lights.
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Each hangar could be sectioned off by electrically operated steel shutters on rollers.
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Steel shutters can close this through a system of chains.
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His studio was the entertainment room at the side of a detached house, a sparsely furnished, bow-windowed room with cocktail bar and steel shutters.
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Steel shutters survive (of a kind not used in other forts).
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The brick north elevation contains what appear to be historic, one-over-one wood sash with historic steel shutters.
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