food chain

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [food cheyn]
- /fud tʃeɪn/
- /fuːd tʃeɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [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

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Parts of speech for Food chain

noun

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adverb

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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 most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms 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.

Just one Synonym for food chain