maze

Universal Words noun 1 a system of paths separated by walls or HEDGES built in a park or garden, that is designed so that it is difficult to find your way through: We got lost in the maze. * (figurative) The building is a maze of corridors. * The old city is a delightful maze for the modern tourist. compareLABYRINTH 2 [usuallysing.] a large number of complicated rules or details that are difficult to understand: Many applicants for the grant are put off by the maze of regulations and conditions. * a maze of regulations 3 (AmE) a printed PUZZLE in which you have to draw a line that shows a way through a complicated pattern of lines