Shutting

/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/ verb noun

To close, to stop from being open.

What it means

  1. (verb) To close, to stop from being open. “Please shut the door.”
  2. (verb) To close, to stop being open. “If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
  3. (verb) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed. “The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
  4. (verb) To confine in an enclosed area. “I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
  5. (verb) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. “He's just shut his finger in the door.”
  6. (verb) To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
  7. (noun) The act by which something is shut. “openings and shuttings of doors”

Letter analysis

  • Shutting contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
  • It uses 7 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

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Common questions

What does Shutting mean?

To close, to stop from being open.

How many letters are in Shutting?

Shutting has 8 letters.

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