- 1. n. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Source: opted
- 2. n. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. Source: opted
- 3. n. a confusion of voices and other sounds Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Therefore is the name of it called Babel. Gen. xi. 9. 2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. That babel of strange heathen languages. Hammond. The grinding babel of the street. R. L. Stevenson. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. a confusion of voices and other sounds Source: ecdict
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