Meaning & use
labyrinth
A complicated network of winding passages that is difficult to navigate; a maze.
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Tourists wandered for an hour through the palace's labyrinth of narrow corridors.
The ancient myth tells of a labyrinth built to contain a monstrous creature.
A note on using this word
Labyrinth often describes something figuratively confusing as well, such as 'a labyrinth of bureaucratic rules.'
Words with a similar meaning
mazewarren
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