Babel
Definition of babel:
part of speech: noun
A confused combination of sounds.
part of speech: noun
The city and tower described in Genesis, where the confusion of languages took place; tumult; confusion; a place of confusion; often babel.
Usage examples for babel:
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As he landed and threw back the transparent canopy, he could hear a babel of voices, above which Feinberg was crying: " Unfair!
"Null-ABC", Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire. -
If game had been shot, or from scarcity the caravan had come to a land of plenty, there was a perfect babel of voices.
"The Explorer", W. Somerset Maugham. -
Amid the babel there rang out not a few voices for the younger branch of the Royal line- the Orleans.
"The Last Hope", Henry Seton Merriman.