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kol·khoz
(kŏl-kôz′, kŭl-KHôs′)n.
A Soviet collective farm.
[Russian, from kol(lektivnoe) khoz(yaĭstvo) : kollektivnoe, neuter of kollektivnyĭ, collective + khozyaĭstvo, economy, household farm.]
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kolkhoz
(kɒlˈhɔːz; Russian kalˈxɔs) orkolkhos
;kolkoz
(kɒlˈkɔːz)n
(Agriculture) a Russian collective farm
[C20: from Russian, short for kollektivnoe khozyaistvo collective farm]
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Kolkhoz
a collective farm in the USSR.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | kolkhoz - a collective farm owned by the communist state collective farm - a farm operated collectively Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR - a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 kolkhoznik - a member of a kolkhoz |
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