matassa

Definitions of matassa
  1. noun
    a coil of rope or wool or yarn
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    type of:
    spirale, voluta
    a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
  2. noun
    coils of worsted yarn
  3. noun
    something jumbled or confused
    synonyms: andirivieni, garbuglio, intrico, intrigo, labirinto, meandro, retroscena, tortuosità, viluppo
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    type of:
    dubbio, esitazione, incertezza, indecisione, perplessità, scrupolo, se, titubanza
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
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