1. a confusion of sounds or voices
2. a scene of noisy confusion

Examples

• The babel of voices in the crowded restaurant made conversation difficult.
• After the announcement, the meeting room erupted into a babel of excited discussions.
• The marketplace was a babel of different languages and dialects.
• The teacher struggled to restore order from the babel in the classroom.
• The babel of construction sounds filled the air near the building site.
• At the international conference, there was a babel of translators working simultaneously.