food chain

noun

1

: an arrangement of the organisms of an ecological community according to the order of predation in which each uses the next usually lower member as a food source

2

: a hierarchy based on power or importance

at the top of the corporate food chain

Examples of food chain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This slow-fast food chain has over a dozen locations in the county. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025

And sorry, but your low-code builder isn’t top of the food chain. —Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

The fast food chain will also update the price of Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddle and 10-piece Chicken McNuggets meals to $5 and $8, which will go into effect starting in November. —Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

Cooke — who grew up in the English town of Oldham, perched just outside of Manchester, the country’s third-largest city — has been climbing the ranks for some time now, long before landing the role that would propel her to the top of the TV food chain. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for food chain

• abstain
• airplane
• alkane
• arcane
• arraign
• attain
• backplane
• betaine
• biplane
• blockchain
• butane
• campaign

Kids Definition

food chain

noun

: a series of organisms in which each uses the next usually lower member of the series as a food source