maze
noun [C] (RULES/IDEAS) /meɪz/Definition
› a complicated set of rules, ideas, or subjects that you find difficult to deal with or understand: It's almost impossible to get through the maze of bureaucracy.Difficult to understandComplicated and difficult to doPuzzle and confuseDifficult things and peoplePreventing and impeding
(Definition of maze noun (RULES/IDEAS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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