Definition babel in British English

babel noun

[singular] noun

/ˈbeɪb(ə)l/

From the story in the Bible of the ‘tower of Babel’. When people tried to build this tower to reach heaven, God punished them by making it impossible for them to understand each other’s languages.

the noise of a lot of voices all talking at the same time

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