babel
English Thesaurus
1. a confusion of voices and other sounds (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | confusion, |
| definition | : | an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended (noun.act) |
2. (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 (noun.artifact)
| part meronym | : | babylon, |
| definition | : | the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia (noun.location) |
| domain category | : | book of genesis, genesis, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
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