collective farm

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noun

(especially in the Soviet Union) a farm, or a number of farms organized as a unit, worked by a community under the supervision of the state.

Origin of collective farm

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby collective farm

collection plate, collective, collective agreement, collective bargaining, collective behavior, collective farm, collective fruit, collective mark, collective memory, collective noun, collective ownership

Words related to collective farm

kibbutz, cooperative, co-op, kolkhoz

British Dictionary definitions for collective farm

collective farm

noun

(chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community Russian name: kolkhoz

Cultural definitions for collective farm

collective farm

In socialist or communist countries, such as the former Soviet Union, a collective is a cooperative association of farmers who work land owned by the state but who own most of their own farm implements.