kibbutz
n. countablen. a community in Israel where people share everything they own and work together. It started as a way for Jewish families to live and farm together in the early 20th century.
n. a collective community in Israel, originally established by Jewish pioneers, characterized by shared ownership of land and resources and collective child-rearing. Often used to describe the historical socialist movement or the specific agricultural settlements.
The family spent their summer vacation at a kibbutz.
Many early kibbutzim were founded in the 1930s to provide a self-sufficient, egalitarian lifestyle for Jewish immigrants.
While the original kibbutz model emphasized absolute equality and communal living, many modern settlements have transitioned to a more privatized economy while maintaining their agricultural roots.
From Hebrew קִבּוּץ (kibúts), derived from the verb קָבַץ (kaváts, “to gather, collect, assemble”). Not related to kibitz.