Kibbutz

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  • noun. A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. an Israeli communal{2} form of agricultural settlement. Originally it was predominantly agricultural and practiced a very high level of sharing, including collective rearing of children. More recently (by 1998) industries have taken over a significant role in the Kibbutz economy, and the level of sharing has dropped significantly.
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  • noun. A community, usually a village, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
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  • noun. a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively
    • Word Usage
    "A root with a similar meaning, kibits, survives in modern Hebrew in the word kibbutz and the verb, to gather."
    Form
    kibbutznik  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    collective farm  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pussyfoots  puts  routes  toots  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    13-inch  50-mm  60-mm  70-mm  Uganda  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arable land  barnyard  barton  cattle ranch  chicken farm  
    variant
    kibbutzim  
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