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BABEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A confusion of voices and other sounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("babel" is a kind of...):
confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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:
Babel; Tower of Babel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
ziggurat; zikkurat; zikurat (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)
Domain category:
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)
Holonyms ("Babel" is a part of...):
Babylon (the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia)
