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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.

from 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew qibbûṣ, gathering, from qibbēṣ, derived stem of qābaṣ, to gather; see qbṣ́ in Semitic roots.]

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From Hebrew קיבוץ (kibúts), derived from the radix קבץ (kavatz).

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