sov·khoz (s f-kôz , sôv- ôz)n. A state-owned farm that paid wages to workers in the former Soviet Union. [Russian, short for sovetskoe khozya  stvo, soviet farm.] |
sovkhoz [sɒfˈkɒz (Russian) safˈxɔs]
n pl, sovkhozy [sɒfˈkɒzɪ (Russian) safˈxɔzi]
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (in the former Soviet Union) a large mechanized farm owned by the state
[Russian, from sovetskoe khozyaistvo soviet economy]
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