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- Dictionarylabyrinth/ˈlab(ə)rɪnθ/
noun
- 1. a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze: "you lose yourself in a labyrinth of little streets" 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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The meaning of LABYRINTH is a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys. How to use labyrinth in a sentence. Is there a difference between maze and labyrinth?
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 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.
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.
If you describe a situation, process, or area of knowledge as a labyrinth, you mean that it is very complicated.
1. maze, jungle, tangle, coil, snarl, entanglement a labyrinth of corridors. 2. intricacy, puzzle, complexity, riddle, complication, tangle, maze, entanglement, perplexity, convolution, knotty problem a labyrinth of conflicting political interpretations.
If you describe a place as a labyrinth, you mean that it is made up of a complicated series of paths or passages, through which it is difficult to find your way.
Definition of labyrinth noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LABYRINTH meaning: 1 : a place that has many confusing paths or passages maze; 2 : something that is extremely complicated or difficult to understand.
