collective farm

noun

: a farm especially in a Communist country formed from many small holdings collected into a single unit for joint operation under governmental supervision

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Before the evacuation, the village was part of the collective farm Uskhod (East). Franziska Exeler, The Dial, 18 Feb. 2025 Ukrainian peasants resisted collectivization by concealing grain, slaughtering draft animals rather than surrendering them to collective farms, and sometimes rebelling openly. Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2013 Lukashenko, a 70-year-old former Soviet collective farm boss, survived the scare in 2020 in part thanks to his longtime ally Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose support has become existential for the Belarusian regime. Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 Six kibbutzim — small communities founded on socialist ideals, where residents share the work and spoils of collective farms — founded the operation in the 1990s. Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for collective farm

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First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of collective farm was in 1925

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“Collective farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collective%20farm. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

collective farm

noun
: a farm operated by a group
especially : one under supervision of the government in a communist country

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