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:

• 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.