maze

MAYZ

meaning in plain English

A tricky set of paths that twist and turn, where you have to find your way out or to a certain spot.

Imagine a maze as a tangled garden of hedges—each turn a new path you must pick to get out.

for example

The kids got lost in the cornfield turned into a maze for Halloween.

Imagine walking into a patch of tall hedges where every turn looks the same—you keep going in circles because you can’t tell which way leads out. That’s a maze: a place designed to trick you into feeling lost even when you’re surrounded by walls.