The Tower of Babel Word Search
Free The Tower of Babel word search. We picked 12 themed words — the people, places, and objects of the Old and New Testaments — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: BABEL, TOWER, NIMROD, BRICK, MORTAR, CLAY, KILN, PLAIN, SHINAR, LANGUAGE, CONFUSION, STAIRS.
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The Tower of Babel word list, defined
- BABEL /ˈbeɪbəl/ · noun
- A confused mixture of languages, voices, or communication, especially one in which people cannot understand one another; by extension, a chaotic collection of sounds or people. Related: confusion, cacophony, hubbub, tumult.
- TOWER /ˈtaʊər/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a tall, narrow structure, often used for a building or for an elevated platform. As a verb, to rise or stand high above something, or to look down from a high position. Related: turret, spire, structure, building.
- NIMROD /ˈnɪmrɒd/ · noun
- An insulting term for a person regarded as foolish, stupid, or inept. It is usually used in a derogatory or humorous context. Related: fool, idiot, halfwit, dunce.
- BRICK /brɪk/ · noun
- A small rectangular block of baked clay (or, less commonly, of other material such as concrete or sand-lime) used in building; also used figuratively to mean a reliable, helpful person. Related: block, masonry unit, adobe, clinker.
- MORTAR /ˈmɔːrtər/ · noun
- A mixture of cement or lime with sand and water, used to bind bricks or stones. The word also denotes a bowl in which substances are ground or crushed with a pestle, and a short artillery piece or projectile that is fired at a high angle. Related: binding material, mortar mix, masonry, pestle-and-mortar.
- CLAY /kleɪ/ · noun
- A stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically a hydrous aluminum silicate, that hardens when dried or fired and is used in pottery, bricks, and sculpture; also, figuratively, the material of the human body. Related: loam, earth, mud, adobe.
- KILN /kɪln/ · noun
- A kiln is an enclosed or partly enclosed structure in which materials are heated at high temperatures, especially to fire pottery, bricks, clay products, or cement. Related: oven, furnace.
- PLAIN /pleɪn/ · adjective, noun, adverb, and verb
- Plain means without ornament, complication, or extra features; it can also mean easy to understand or clearly visible. As a noun, a plain is an open, level area of land; in the phrase "in plain," it means an unpleasant or conspicuous condition. Related: unadorned, simple, clear, ordinary.
- LANGUAGE /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ · noun
- A system of communication consisting of spoken, written, or signed words and their grammatical structures. The word can also refer to the words or style of expression used by a particular person, group, or field. Related: tongue, speech, dialect, idiom.
- CONFUSION /kənˈfjuːʒən/ · noun
- A state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something; also a situation of disorder or lack of order, in which things are mixed up or mistaken for one another. Related: bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlement, muddle.
- STAIRS /stɛərz/ (British); /stɛrz/ (American) · noun
- A set of steps arranged in a sequence, used for moving between different levels of a building or landscape. A staircase or stairway is the whole structure, while an individual step may be called a stair. Related: steps, staircase, stairway, flights.
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