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 During Soviet times, the standard uniform for women working in factories and on collective farms included a headscarf to adhere to health and safety requirements. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 The Soviet authorities also forced the Kazakh nomads to settle in collective farms, destroying their traditional way of life. — J. Eugene Clay, The Conversation, 20 Sep. 2022 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

1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of collective farm was in 1909

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collective farm

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

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