coal-and-ice

NOUN

fundamental

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bottom line component cornerstone element factor foundation law principle

STRONG

ABCs axiom basis constituent guts heart nitty-gritty rudiment rule theorem

WEAK

brass tacks principium rock bottom sine qua non

Antonyms

STRONG

cowardice fear

WEAK

addition auxiliary extra subordinate trivia

NOUN

gravamen

Synonyms

WEAK

basic bosom bottom line center core crux essence focal point focus gist hub kernel marrow meat middle nitty-gritty nub nucleus pith polestar quick quintessence root seat soul spirit stuff substance

NOUN

heart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

center core focus middle root soul

STRONG

basic bosom crux gist hub kernel marrow nitty-gritty nub nucleus pith polestar quick quintessence seat

WEAK

bottom line focal point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

border exterior exteriority margin outside

WEAK

periphery surface

NOUN

vital

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic critical crucial decisive fundamental imperative important indispensable integral key meaningful necessary needed significant urgent

WEAK

bottom-line cardinal constitutive heavy life-or-death meat-and-potatoes must-have nitty-gritty prerequisite required requisite underlined

Antonyms

STRONGEST

additional extra inessential insignificant meaningless minor needless nonessential optional secondary trivial uncritical unimportant unnecessary useless voluntary worthless

WEAK

dead dull insignficant sluggish

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Divided into sections titled “Coal Miners,” “Landscapes” and “Human Consequences,” the installation aims to visualize the connection between coal and ice.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022

The ships lacked refrigeration and required large amounts of easily found items such as coal and ice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Born in Kansas City, Mo. in 1879, he was the first of five children of Robert Whitney Wood, an ex-Union Army captain who settled down to run a coal and ice business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Previous Woodruff occupations had included being an apprentice and machinist in a foundry, a shipping clerk and city salesman in a fire extinguisher company, a purchasing agent for a coal and ice concern.

From Time Magazine Archive

John Anderson supported his family by selling coal and ice at the Reading Terminal Market in downtown Philadelphia.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

coal-and-ice

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