noun
pl. -·khoz′y a Soviet collective farm
Origin of kolkhoz
Russian kolxoz from kol(lektivnoe), collective + xoz(jajstvo), household, farmkolkhoz
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kolkhoz
noun
A Soviet collective farm.
Origin of kolkhoz
Russian from kol(lektivnoe) khoz(yaĭstvo) kollektivnoe neuter of kollektivnyĭ collective khozyaĭstvo economy, household farmTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Russian колхоз (kolxóz), contraction of коллективное хозяйство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).
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