Babel

Ba·bel  (bbl, bbl)

In the Bible, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in Shinar where God confounded a presumptuous attempt to build a tower into heaven by confusing the language of its builders into many mutually incomprehensible languages.

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ba·bel also Ba·bel  (bbl, bbl)

n.

1. A confusion of sounds or voices. See Synonyms at noise.

2. A scene of noise and confusion.

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[After Babel.]

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babel [babe-el]

Noun

1. a confusion of noises or voices

2. a scene of noise and confusion [from the confusion of languages on the tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–10)]

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Babel a confused mixture of sounds, voices, or languages; a confused assembly. See also charivari, hubbub, pandemonium.

Examples: babel of follies, 1529; of past idle objurgations, 1884; of sectaries, 1731; babel towers of chimney, 1848.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Babel - (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 Tower of Babel Book of Genesis, Genesis - the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers Babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
	2.	babel - a confusion of voices and other sounds confusion - an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"