fo͝od
noun
A sequence (as grass, rabbit, fox) of organisms in a community in which each member feeds on the one below it.
Webster's New World
A competitive hierarchy.
Works high up in the corporate food chain.
American Heritage Medicine
The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
Wiktionary
(idiomatic) A hierarchy.
With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Food Chain
Noun
Singular:
food chain
Plural:
food-chains
Food Chain Sentence Examples
The food chain affects us all; only a few will be eaten by cannibals.
In caves, the basis of the food chain is organic matter from the surface.
These measures include the compulsory slaughter of cattle suspected of having BSE and the removal from the food chain of their milk and carcasses.
As the animals move inland to search for other food sources, a significant disruption of the ecosystem and food chain occurs.
Risks include zoonoses, changes in air quality from the burning of carcasses, and contamination of water supplies and the food chain.
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