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English noun: Babel | |||
| 1. | Babel (artifact) (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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat | ||
| Part meronym | Babylon | ||
| Domain category | Book of Genesis, Genesis | ||
| 2. | babel (act) a confusion of voices and other sounds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confusion | ||
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