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Meanings of maze in English

Russian
лабиринт
Portuguese
labirinto
Catalan
laberint
Spanish
laberinto
Wikidata

A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages.

лабиринт
Catalan
complicació
Spanish
embrollo

Something jumbled or confused.

complicació
Synonyms
Examples for "labyrinth"
Examples for "labyrinth"
1
Most archaeologists believe the word 'labyrinth' simply referred to the palace itself.
The Lost Sisterhood
2
He's heading for the utility labyrinth.' North America datavised the file over.
The Naked God
3
The behavior of the dancer made obvious two defects in labyrinth A.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
4
Do you know where the idea of a labyrinth first came from?
Kafka on the Shore
5
An example of the labyrinth method has been presented in Chapter XI.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
Usage of maze in English
1
My friend used to work there, said it was like a maze.
The poison eaters: and other stories
2
The first problem, though, was to find the thing in this maze.
Jacinto's Remnant
3
Spatial learning and memory were assessed by the Morris water maze test.
Pubmed
4
They passed into one of the openings in the maze of uprights.
Space Platform
5
The girl operators were entangled in a maze of civil service rules.
The History of the Telephone
6
Most important, Europe's long reformations were more a maze than a path.
The Guardian
7
Morris water maze tests were conducted for evaluating the rat's learning-memory ability.
Pubmed
8
On the final day of treatment, the mice underwent a T-maze test.
Pubmed
9
The result is that it is still a maze to the uninitiated.
The Irish Times
10
They passed skeletons of animals that had grown exhausted in the maze.
The Descent
11
I doubt I could even find my way back through that maze.
Map of bones
12
Wherever the maze led him there seemed to be no way out.
Complete Books of Blood
13
It will lead you out of the maze of opposition and confusion.
Feminist dot com
14
Given that much time, the subterranean passages will be a gigantic maze.
Cauldron of Ghosts
15
They were soon under the very roof, in the maze of timber-work.
The Phantom of the Opera
16
Algernon refuses to run the maze any more; general motivation has decreased.
Flowers for Algernon
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Translations for maze
Portuguese
labirinto
Maze through the time
Maze across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common