Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alveolar_process
1 sense of alveolar process
Sense 1
alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process -- (a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth)
=> process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")