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KIBBUTZ (kibbutzim)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kibbutz mean?
• KIBBUTZ (noun)
The noun KIBBUTZ has 1 sense:
1. a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
Familiarity information: KIBBUTZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kibbutz" is a kind of...):
collective farm (a farm operated collectively)
Meronyms (members of "kibbutz"):
kibbutznik (a member of a kibbutz)
Domain region:
Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)
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