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labyrinth
[lab-uh-rinth]
noun
an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
Synonyms: , ,a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.
Synonyms: , , , , ,any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.
His papers were lost in an hellish bureaucratic labyrinth.
After the death of her daughter, she wandered in a labyrinth of sorrow for what seemed like a decade.
Synonyms: , , ,Classical Mythology.Labyrinth. a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur.
Anatomy.
the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion bony labyrinth and a membranous portion membranous labyrinth.
the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose.
a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church.
Also called acoustic labyrinth;.Also called acoustical labyrinth.Audio.a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction.
Labyrinth
1/ ˈæəɪθ /
noun
Greek myth a huge maze constructed for King Minos in Crete by Daedalus to contain the Minotaur
labyrinth
2/ ˈæəɪθ /
noun
a mazelike network of tunnels, chambers, or paths, either natural or man-made Compare maze
any complex or confusing system of streets, passages, etc
a complex or intricate situation
any system of interconnecting cavities, esp those comprising the internal ear
another name for internal ear
electronics an enclosure behind a high-performance loudspeaker, consisting of a series of air chambers designed to absorb unwanted sound waves
labyrinth
The system of interconnecting canals and spaces that make up the inner ear of many vertebrates. The labyrinth has both a bony component, made up of the cochlea, the semicircular canals, and the vestibule, and a membranous one.
Labyrinth
In classical mythology, a vast maze on the island of Crete. The great inventor Daedalus designed it, and the king of Crete kept the Minotaur in it. Very few people ever escaped from the Labyrinth. One was Theseus, the killer of the Minotaur.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Labyrinth1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Labyrinth1
Example Sentences
Ironically, the people most affected will often be those who work full time, because they have the least free time to navigate the paperwork labyrinth.
We find a labyrinth of tunnels and surveillance rooms where Norway gathers real-time intelligence from land, air and sea, focused on suspicious-looking vessels in and near its Arctic waters.
When I visit on a smoldering Tuesday, I’m instructed that I shouldn’t walk on the labyrinth without walking through the labyrinth, being that it’s holy ground for the organization.
All of the works that filled the pavilion in Venice will be at the Broad, installed to let visitors circulate freely through a layered labyrinth of figures and forms — some familiar, others disconcerting.
The base is a labyrinth of tunnels dug deep into white rocky hills.
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