kolkhoz

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
27
Words With Friends
27
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kəlˈkɒz/
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/kəlˈkɒz/ · /kɒl-/ · /kɔːl-/ · /kol-/ · /-kɔz/ · /-kɒs/ · /-kɔs/

Definition of kolkhoz

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A farming collective in the former Soviet Union.
    “And books were demanded of them, books on Russia, on sailors, on aeroplanes, on scientists, on metro-workers, on kolkhoz labourers, on women and schoolchildren and parachute heroes.”

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Etymology

From Russian колхо́з (kolxóz), contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).

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