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food chains

food chains is the plural of food chain.

Meaning of food chain

Noun

food chain (plural food chains)

  1. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
    • Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report from a nonprofit group that works to...2013 February 6, Stephanie Strom, “Study Looks at Particles Used in Food”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019
  2. (idiomatic) A hierarchy.
    • With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain.

Questions about food chains

What is food chains the plural of?
Food chains is the plural of food chain.

Words near food chains in the dictionary

  1. food canal
  2. food canals
  3. food cart
  4. food carts
  5. food chain
  6. food chains
  7. food closet
  8. food closets
  9. food coloring
  10. food colorings
  11. food colouring

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