babel - Definition from the COLOURS AND SOUNDS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Topic: COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Date:	1500-1600
Origin:	Tower of Babel, (in the Bible) tower in ancient Babylon whose builders made God angry, so he made them unable to understand each other's speech

babel
noun

ba‧bel

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[singular, uncountable]

C the confusing sound of many voices talking together:

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a babel of French and Italian

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acoustic acoustics babel background bang(n) bang(v) bang(i) bark(v) bark(n) bay beat(v) beat(n) blast blip bong boom(n) boom(v) bray bubble bump chatter(v) chatter(n) crack(v) crack(n) crash(v) crash(n) crow(n) crow(v) crunch(n) crunch(v) drum dull echo(v) echo(n) flat grinding high(a) high(a) irregular low matching mellow melodic metallic moo musical mute nasal noise penetrating percussion psychedelic pulse raspberry report resonance resonant rich ring(n) ring(v) ringing roar roll rough scratch(v) scratch(n) scream(v) scream(n) soft sweet vivid weak whistle(v) whistle(n) yelp zoom

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