kolkhoz
noun
kol·khoz käl-ˈkȯz 
-ˈkȯs
-ˈkȯs plural kolkhozy käl-ˈkȯ-zē or kolkhozes käl-ˈkȯ-zəz
or kolkhozes käl-ˈkȯ-zəz : a collective farm of the former Soviet Union
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The kolkhoz, or collective farm, that once stood in the heart of Senkivka was abandoned, graffiti on its walls warning that the building was liable to collapse. 
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022 Even lower was the number of herders interested in joining an artel or a kolkhoz. Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022 Even lower was the number of herders interested in joining an artel or a kolkhoz. Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019 Word History
Etymology
Russian, from kollektivnoe khozyaĭstvo collective farm
First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above