an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.

a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.

a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.

any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.

( initial capital letter ) Classical Mythology . a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur.

Anatomy .

the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth) and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth).

the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose.

a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church.

a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction.

noun

coil , complication , convolution , entanglement , intricacy , jungle , knot , mesh , morass , perplexity , problem , puzzle , riddle , skein , snarl , tangle , web , cat\'s cradle , maze , complexity , network