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noun
- 1. a confused noise made by a number of voices: "the babel of voices on the road"
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BABEL definition: 1. the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 2…. Learn more.
1. : a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues. 2. or babel. a. : a confusion of sounds or voices. b. : a scene of noise or confusion. Synonyms. bedlam. circus. madhouse. scrum [British] three-ring circus. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
BABEL meaning: 1. the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time or using different languages: 2…. Learn more.
noun. 1. Old Testament. a. Also called: Tower of Babel. a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders (Genesis 11:1–9) b. the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was supposedly built. 2. (often not capital) a.
1. A confusion of sounds or voices: passengers chattering in a babel of tongues at the international airport. 2. A scene or situation of confusion: "a babel of commemorative ceremonies, statues, and tombs sponsored by competing cults of martyred revolutionaries" (Thomas L. Benjamin). [After Babel.]
Definitions of Babel. noun. (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another. synonyms: Tower of Babel. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ˈbæbəl/ UK. /ˈbeɪbəl/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Babel."
Noun. Pronoun. Filter. noun. A confusion of sounds or voices. Passengers chattering in a babel of tongues at the international airport. American Heritage. A city in Shinar in which Noah's descendants tried to build a very high tower to reach heaven and were prevented by God from doing so by a confusion of tongues: Gen. 11:1-9. Webster's New World.
(in the Bible) an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower . Tower of Babel intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. (usually lowercase) a confused mixture of sounds or voices.
noun. 1. Bible. a city in Shinar in which Noah's descendants tried to build a very high tower to reach heaven and were prevented by God from doing so by a confusion of tongues: Gen. 11:1-9. 2. an impracticable scheme. 3. [also b-] a. any confusion of voices or sounds; tumult. b. a place of such confusion.
Definition of babel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
