Results for labyrinth

Definitions of labyrinth:

part of speech: noun

( orig.) A building consisting of halls connected by intricate passages: a place full of inextricable windings: an inexplicable difficulty: the cavities of the internal ear.

part of speech: noun

A place full of intricacies or inextricable windings; a maze; an inexplicable difficulty; the internal ear, from its complex structure.

part of speech: noun

A series of passages winding in and out of each other; a maze; a difficulty which cannot be solved; as, a labyrinth of doubt; the winding tubes of the inner ear.

Usage examples for labyrinth:

• She got as far as Great Pulteney Street in safety; but in leaving it she took a wrong turning and lost herself in a labyrinth of courts where a few workmen, a great many workmen's wives and mothers, and innumerable workmen's children were passing the summer evening at gossip and play. "",