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

This improves water quality, and also delivers energy and organic matter back into the food web. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

This complex food web transforms a bounty of compounds to fuel the cow’s metabolism. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026

Didymo blooms use up a lot of oxygen and alter the food web, according to Taylor. — Hannah Smith july 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026

The freshwater mollusk, first spotted in North America in the Delta in 2024, threatens water systems by clogging pipes and altering the food web. — Sacbee.com, 29 June 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