coal

/koʊl/

Definition

› a hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in lumps and used as a fuel, or a single piece of this substance: [U] Some of those schools still use coal for their heating.

(Definition of coal noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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