be a mass of something

be a mass of (something)

To be covered with or blanketed in something. I have so much work to do that my desk is just a mass of paperwork right now. A: "Where is your bed? It's just a mass of clothes at this point!" B: "I know, I'm in the midst of cleaning out my closet." You know it's exam time when everyone's lunch tables are just a mass of textbooks.

See also: mass, of

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be a ˈmass of something

be full of or covered with something: The garden was a mass of flowers.

See also: mass, of, something

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