kibbutz
(in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.
Origin of kibbutz
1Words that may be confused with kibbutz
- kibbutz , kibitz
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How to use kibbutz in a sentence
In fact, kibbutzim are now mainly corporations run by stock-holders who were once kibbutz members.
There's a certain kind of educator one finds in Israel, especially, and especially in the past, on the kibbutzim.
British Dictionary definitions for kibbutz
/ (kɪˈbʊts) /
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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Cultural definitions for 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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