a number of

A collection of persons or things; several. For example, A number of tours are available, or We've visited a number of times. This idiom often is modified by an adjective giving some idea of quantity, as in Only a small number are going. [1300s] Also see any number of.

Words nearby a number of

a mensa et thoro, a midsummer night's dream, a miss is as good as a mile, a must, a new broom sweeps clean, a number of, a one, a penny saved is a penny earned, a picture is worth a thousand words, a place for everything and everything in its place, a posteriori