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kib·butz 
[ki-boots, -boots] Pronunciation Key
[ki-boots, -boots] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -but·zim
[-boot-seem] Pronunciation Key.
[-boot-seem] Pronunciation Key. | (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles. |
[Origin: 1930–35; < ModHeb kibuṣ; cf. Heb qibbūṣ gathering]
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| kib·butz
(kĭ-bŏŏts', -bōōts') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. kib·but·zim (kĭb'ŏŏt-sēm', -ōōt-) A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel. [Hebrew qibbûṣ, gathering, from qibbēṣ, derived stem of qābaṣ, to gather; see qb  in Semitic roots.]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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kibbutz
kibbutz
"Israeli collective settlement," 1931, from mod. Heb. qibbus "gathering," from Heb. "a gathering together," from root of qibbes "he gathered together." Plural is kibbutzim.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| kibbutz | |
noun | |
| a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
kibbutz [(ki-boots)]
kibbutz [(ki-boots)]
plur. kibbutzim (ki-boot-seem)
A communal farm or settlement in Israel. Kibbutzim have helped build national spirit in Israel, and the residents have transformed barren land into fertile, crop-producing land.
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