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- [food cheyn]
- /fud tʃeɪn/
- /fuːd tʃeɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [food cheyn]
- /fud tʃeɪn/
Definitions of food chain words
- noun food chain hierarchy of organisms 2
- noun food chain Ecology. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, the smallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a still larger one, etc. 1
- noun food chain the chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer. 1
- noun food chain a hierarchy ranked by status, importance, influence, etc.: people who are high up on the political and media food chain. 1
- countable noun food chain The food chain is a series of living things which are linked to each other because each thing feeds on the one next to it in the series. 0
- noun food chain a sequence of organisms in an ecosystem in which each species is the food of the next member of the chain 0
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Origin of food chain
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Food chain
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
food chain popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
food chain usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for food chain
noun food chain
- food web — a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
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