/ Dictionary / Index F food pyramid: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: food' pyr"amid Pronunciation: [key] — Ecol. Ecol. (of a food chain) successive levels of predation in a food chain represented schematically as a pyramid because upper levels normally consist of decreasing numbers of larger predators. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. food processor food science Related Content Daily Word Quiz: careening Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language