n., pl., mo·sha·vim (mō'shä-vem').
An Israeli cooperative settlement consisting of small separate farms.
[Modern Hebrew môšāb, from Hebrew, dwelling, from yāšab, to sit, dwell.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
