gum ridge

Questions about gum ridge

What does gum ridge mean?

gum ridge means "a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth".

What is another word for gum ridge?

Close synonyms include alveolar ridge, alveolar process. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gum ridge a common word?

gum ridge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.