(~s)
1.
If you describe a place as a ~, you mean that it is made up of a complicated series of paths or passages, through which it is difficult to find your way. (LITERARY)
...the ~ of corridors.
= maze
N-COUNT: oft N of n
2.
If you describe a situation, process, or area of knowledge as a ~, you mean that it is very complicated. (FORMAL)
...a ~ of conflicting political and sociological interpretations.
= maze
N-COUNT: usu N of n