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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A confusion of sounds or voices. See Synonyms at noise.
  2. n. A scene of noise and confusion.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The Semitic name of the city (Babylon) where, according to Gen. xi., the construction of a tower that would reach to heaven was attempted, and where the confusion of tongues took place. See Babylonian. Hence A lofty structure.
  2. n. A visionary scheme.
  3. n. A scene of noise and confusion, as a great city or a riotous assemblage.
  4. n. [cap. or lowercase] A confused mixture of sounds; confusion; disorder.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Alternative form of Babel.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
  2. n. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (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
  2. n. a confusion of voices and other sounds

Etymologies

  1. After Babel . (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • skipvia "Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation." Douglas Adams, Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Dec 20, 2007

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