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kib⋅butz

[ki-boots, -boots]
–noun, plural -but⋅zim [-boot-seem] .
(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')   
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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Cultural Dictionary

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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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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