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GUM RIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gum ridge mean? 

GUM RIDGE (noun)
  The noun GUM RIDGE has 1 sense:

1. a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teethplay

  Familiarity information: GUM RIDGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUM RIDGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge

Hypernyms ("gum ridge" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Meronyms (parts of "gum ridge"):

alveolus; tooth socket (a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth)

alveolar artery; arteria alveolaris (a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process)

Holonyms ("gum ridge" is a part of...):

jaw (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)


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