noun an inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
2. labyrinth ·noun the internal ear. ·see note under ear.
3. labyrinth ·noun a pattern or design representing a maze, often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, ·etc.
4. labyrinth ·noun any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
5. labyrinth ·noun any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
6. labyrinth ·noun 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.
7. labyrinth ·noun 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.