labyrinth
Meaning of labyrinth
noun
- 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
- 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 ).
late Middle English (referring to the maze constructed by Daedalus to house the Minotaur): from French labyrinthe or Latin labyrinthus, from Greek laburinthos .
Information about labyrinth
- It is a name.
- The plural form of labyrinth is: labyrinths.
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Hyphenation of labyrinth
labyrinth
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- labyrinth is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
labyrinth synonyms
Meaning maze:
Meaning a network of interconnecting rabbit burrows:
Meaning a complex system of railways, roads, or other routes:
Meaning a group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network:
Meaning a network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets, used to catch its prey:
Meaning a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings:
Meaning the action or fact of entangling or being entangled:
Translation of labyrinth
- French: labyrinthe
- Italian: labirinto
- Portuguese: labirinto
- Spanish: laberinto
- German: Labyrinth
Anagrams of labyrinth
Words that rhyme with labyrinth
terebinth, Hyacinth, Jacinth, hyacinth, jacinth, plinth, subplinth, Antiminth, antihelminth, aschelminth, coelelminth, helminth, nematelminth, nemathelminth, plathelminth, platyhelminth, pseudelminth, pseudohelminth, trochelminth, ninth, Acrocorinth, Corinth, Labyrinth, azocorinth, corinth, perilabyrinth, plasmocorinth, absinth
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