Meaning

1 senses
  1. A ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible and contains the alveoli of the teeth.

    Alveolarkamm, Zahndamm

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

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The alveolar ridges contain the sockets of the teeth.

  2. Postalveolar consonants are articulated when the tongue is near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible:

Forms

plural: alveolar ridges
Singularalveolar ridge
Pluralalveolar ridges

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alveolar ridge — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto