Cover and Shutter

Cover

Cover noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.

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Shutter and cover are semantically related In some cases you can use "Shutter" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Shutter noun - A hinged blind for a window.

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Cover and shutter are semantically related in blind topic. You can use "Cover" instead the word "Shutter" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: shuttered, shutting, shuttering

original	original cover	original shutter
last	last cover	last shutter

Since the lens which the photographer is looking through is separate from the lens which will expose the film when the shutter is clicked, it was easy to unknowingly cover the exposing lens.

Source: Camera Obscurer

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