Definition of Babel
Babel
Ba·bel
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(noun)
a confusion of several voices, sounds, and/or noises;
e.g. The teacher heard the happy babel of the children in her classroom.
(noun)
a scene that is dominated by confusion and noise;
e.g. There was a babel in the station because of the delayed train.
(noun)
a Biblical city located in southern Mesopotamia where, according to the Book of Genesis, the construction of a tower was halted by the splitting of human speech into different languages (used as "Babel");
e.g. They learnt about the Tower of Babel as a story.
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