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

Mountain Dew Baja Midnight will permanently hit Taco Bell menus nationwide starting Aug. 14, the fast food chain said in an Aug. 12 news release. —Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025

This is happening because the ocean is absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and because human activity has disturbed the marine food chains, not because wind developers are using sonar. —Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

The fast food chain is also launching Chick-fil-A Sauce Flavored Waffle Potato Chips. —Logan Holland, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Taco Roos will be the latest Cook Out expansion effort in Charlotte, after the fast food chain opened three locations in the area over the last year. —Evan Moore august 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 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