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kolkhoz

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kol·​khoz | \ käl-ˈkȯz How to pronounce kolkhoz (audio) , -ˈkȯs How to pronounce kolkhoz (audio) \
plural kolkhozy\ käl-​ˈkȯ-​zē How to pronounce kolkhoz (audio) \ or kolkhozes\ käl-​ˈkȯ-​zəz How to pronounce kolkhoz (audio) \

Definition of kolkhoz

: a collective farm of the former U.S.S.R.

Examples of kolkhoz in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even lower was the number of herders interested in joining an artel or a kolkhoz. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of kolkhoz

1921, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for kolkhoz

Russian, from kollektivnoe khozyaĭstvo collective farm

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“Kolkhoz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kolkhoz. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.

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