food chain

Definitions

1. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.
2. A hierarchy.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“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 enhance corporate accountability.”

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

“He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make⟳ any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make⟳ none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up the food chain.”

“At the top of the food chain is PJ's, whose pizza wins high accolades, and whose menu of fat sandwiches (a local delicacy that stuffs as many deep-fried items into a roll as possible) is extensive.”

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