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kibbutz

American  
[ki-boots, -boots] / kɪˈbʊts, -ˈbuts /

noun

plural

kibbutzim

  1. (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.

kibbutz British  
/ kɪˈbʊts /

noun

  1. a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively

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kibbutz Cultural  

  1. 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.

Etymology

Origin of kibbutz

1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering

Example Sentences

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Benn said he is a "deeply committed anti-fascist" and lived on a kibbutz, a community in Israel, for many months in the 1970s.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

"When you look at the Jewish community, in every town, every village, every kibbutz, there are public shelters everywhere," said Ghanayem.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Gvili was captured during the 7 October Hamas attacks - a police officer, recovering from a broken shoulder, who went to defend nearby kibbutz Alumim.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

There, she worked on a farm, lived on a kibbutz and, with thousands of other idealistic European Jews who had moved to Eretz Israel, pursued the dream of creating a Jewish state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

In the distance ahead, we see the gate to the kibbutz.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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