Meaning

2 senses
  1. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.

    Nahrungskette

    пищева́я цепьpiščevája cepʹ, трофи́ческая цепьtrofíčeskaja cepʹ

    харчовий ланцюжокxarčovyj lancjužok, харчовий ланцюгxarčovyj lancjuh

  2. (idiomatic)A hierarchy.

    With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.

More definitions
  • (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member

Examples

11 sentences
  1. What's your favorite fast food chain?

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  2. Sharks are at the top of the food chain.

  3. Caimans are on the top of the food chain.

  4. Human beings are at the top of the food chain.

    ruЛюди находятся на вершине пищевой цепочки. — marafon

  5. Algae and plankton are at the bottom of the food chain.

    ruВодоросли и планктон находятся на дне пищевой цепи. — Wezel

    deAlgen und Plankton stehen in der Nahrungskette ganz unten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Origin

From food + chain.

From food + chain.

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Forms

plural: food chains
Singularfood chain
Pluralfood chains

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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