Use the thesaurus entry for labyrinth to answer the question.

labyrinth

noun

definition: a place that has many confusing paths and passages;
something that is extremely difficult to understand

synonyms: entanglement, jungle, maze, puzzle, warren, web

which synonym best replaces the word labyrinth in the sentence below?

the gardeners had constructed a complicated labyrinth of pathways that led us through the hedges.

entanglement

jungle

maze

web

maze

Explanation:

By definition, a labyrinth is:

"a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze."

When we search for maze in the dictionary, we find a very similar meaning:

"a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way."

In the sentence:  "The gardeners had constructed a complicated labyrinth of pathways that led us through the hedges", if you substitute the word labyrinth with the word maze, you keep the meaning of the sentence, including the redundancy used in it.

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