Shut Close Factory Hospital Sth Mine Meaning School

Meaning: to close something like a factory, school or hospital, usually forever

• shut sth down The government decided to shut the coal mine down after a terrible accident killed hundreds of miners.
  
  
• shut down sth If we can't get enough money to keep it going, we'll have to shut down the school.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with shut down: factory, business, school, hospital, mine