alveolar ridge
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But patients with English as their native language hold the tongue higher � against the alveolar ridge just behind the base of the upper front teeth � to make the same sounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Result: the English-language patient's tongue hits a foreign object right behind the alveolar ridge and doesn't know what to make of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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