kibbutz

[ ki-boots, -boots ]
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noun,plural kib·but·zim [ki-boot-seem]. /kɪ bʊtˈsim/.
  1. (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.

Origin of kibbutz

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1930–35; <Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering

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British Dictionary definitions for kibbutz

kibbutz

/ (kɪˈbʊts) /


nounplural kibbutzim (ˌkɪbʊtˈsiːm)
  1. a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively

Origin of kibbutz

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C20: from Modern Hebrew qibbūs: gathering, from Hebrew qibbūtz

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Cultural definitions for kibbutz

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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