sovkhoz
/ˈsɒvkɒz
/ /sʌvˈkɔːz/noun (plural same, sovkhozes /ˈsɒvkɒzɪz/ /sʌvˈkɔːzɪz/, or sovkhozy /ˈsɒvkɒzi/ /sʌvˈkɔːzi/)
A state-owned farm in the former Soviet Union.Hitherto the party had accepted only a gradual increase of kolkhozy (collective, cooperative, or communal farms) and of sovkhozy (state farms with wage-earning peasants)....
- As far as Maevo and its surrounding area was concerned, the main employer, the sovkhoz (state farm), had largely ceased to function.
Origin
Russian, from sov(etskoe) khoz(yaĭstvo) 'Soviet farm'.
- in one's bones
- in one's cups
- in one's face
- in one's favour
- in one's glory
- in one's head
- in one's heart of hearts
- in one's mind's eye
- in one's own person
- in one's own right
- in one's own sweet time (or way)
- in one's own time
- in one's pelt
- in one's senses
- in (one's) shirtsleeves
- in (one's) stockinged feet
- in one's tracks
- in one's wildest dreams
- in open court
- inoperability
- inoperable
- inoperably
- inoperative
- inopportune
- inopportunely