A ~ of things is a large number of different things. (LITERARY)
...a table festooned with a ~ of fruit.
= abundance
N-SING
A ~ of things is a large number of different things. (LITERARY)
...a table festooned with a ~ of fruit.
= abundance
N-SING
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012