[ki-boo
ts, -boots] 
[-boot-seem] . | (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles. |
| kib·butz (kĭ-bŏŏts', -bōōts') 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.] |
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.
