"labyrinth" Definition

Definitions for the word "labyrinth" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 complicated network of passages etc. 2 intricate or tangled arrangement. 3 the complex structure of the inner ear. labyrinthine adj. [latin from greek]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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