food web

noun

: the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

Examples of food web in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But with Arctic temperatures skyrocketing, the sea ice is melting earlier and faster, disrupting the food web the whales rely on. — Ainslie Cruickshank, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

The filter-feeding mussels now dominate the food web in every Great Lake except Superior. — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Scientists have conducted dives to collect samples and test the region to determine the extent of the pollution and whether the radioactivity has made its way into the food web. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026

What the image doesn’t show is that after the kill, other scavengers, including silky sharks, were drawn to the remains, showing how one event can impact and nurture an entire marine food web. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for food web

• cobweb
• deb
• ebb

Kids Definition

food web

noun

: the whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community