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

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

That additional heat is already threatening coral reef and mangrove ecosystems, seagrasses and other aspects of the marine food web. — Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

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

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