From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha raft of somethinga raft of somethingLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of things The company has launched a whole raft of new software products. → raft
Examples from the Corpus
a raft of something• Sun Busters is a separate brochure featuring late availability across a raft of Unijet products at reduced prices.• The diplomats, the royalty, the dodgy tycoons and a raft of celebrities from Charlie Drake to Tony Curtis.• And a raft of prospective third-party saviors offered no hope.• As a raft of scientists have now informed me, the Rousseauian romantic view of allergies is way off.• Closing a raft of useless federal establishments will get rid of only some 80,000 of them.• When you move abroad you face a raft of financial decisions, including which type of bank account to open.• This merely a selection of the biggest: The Net has added a raft of new twists on the bidding game.• Amelio also realigned his executive team with a raft of other appointments. 