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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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“We want them to finish this, so we can feel safe,” said Natasha Amir, 57, whose front porch on the edge of the kibbutz overlooks the border.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

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

He took a year out to apply to study law, during which he worked as a dustman, on a kibbutz and as a ballpoint pen salesman in South Africa.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Matan Zangauker was kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz kibbutz with his Israeli-Mexican girlfriend Ilana Gritzewsky.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

This is an old kibbutz, and there are some members who've been here from its beginning.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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