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Definition of labyrinth: 1. A pattern or design representing a maze, - often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
5. Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
6. Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
7. The internal ear. See Note under Ear.

Synonyms:

thing, internal ear, knot, center of excellence, unknown quantity, warren, disaster area, uncertainty, Dodge City, web, destination, morass, complication, mesh, cattle auction, simple, anchorage, complexity, secret, tangle, jungle, snarl, entanglement, perplexity, skein, dumping ground, dust trap, inner ear, aerie, cradle, rabbit warren

puzzle, cryptogram, conundrum, code, maze, enigma, poser, riddle, cipher, problem, brainteaser, mystery

whorl, circuitousness, tortuousness, convolution, coil