(biblical) a
tower built by people
living in southwest
Asia. They intended that the
tower would
reach up to heaven itself, increase their reputation and make them like
God.
God prevented them from completing the
tower by confusing their
language so that they could no longer understand one another's
speech. From that
time forward, according to the
Bible, the peoples of the Earth would be scattered, speaking
different languages. "Babel" is
confusion and
noise.