kibbutz
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noun, plural kib·but·zim [-boo
t-seem] .
[-boot-seem] . (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.
Origin:
1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering
1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering
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| —n , pl kibbutzim | |
| a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively | |
| [C20: from Modern Hebrew qibbūs: gathering, from Hebrew qibbūtz] | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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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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