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- Dictionarylab·y·rinth/ˈlab(ə)ˌrinTH/
noun
- 1. a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze: "a labyrinth of passages and secret chambers" Similar
- 2. a complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).
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1. a. : a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys. a complex labyrinth of tunnels and chambers. b. : a maze (as in a garden) formed by paths separated by high hedges. 2. : something extremely complex or tortuous (see tortuous sense 1) in structure, arrangement, or character : intricacy, perplexity.
LABYRINTH definition: 1. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost: 2. something…. Learn more.
a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings. Synonyms: knot, tangle, snarl, jungle, maze, warren. any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex: His papers were lost in an hellish bureaucratic labyrinth.
A labyrinth is a structure with many connected paths or passages in which it is hard to find your way. In figurative use, a labyrinth is a complicated situation: our tax code is a labyrinth of rules and regulations.
a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost: Finally, through a labyrinth of corridors she found his office. Synonym. maze (PLACE) literary. something that is very confusing: He was no stranger to the labyrinth of love. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Roads: pedestrian routes. alley. boardwalk.
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth ( Ancient Greek: λαβύρινθος, romanized : Labúrinthos) [a] was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at the Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus.
If you describe a place as a labyrinth, you mean that it is made up of a complicated series of paths or passages.
