Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel (1563), painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Proper Noun

A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.

Noun

A visionary and impractical plan.
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