labyrinth
noun/ˈlæbəˌrɪnθ/
Frequency rank: #9,459 most common English word
Meaning
a complicated network of paths or passages in which it is easy to get lost; a maze.
Example sentence
The old castle was full of winding corridors that formed labyrinth impossible to navigate without a map.
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