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

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

an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets

One of a set of hard, bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, usually rooted in sockets and typically composed of a core of soft pulp surrounded by a layer of hard dentin that is coated with cementum or enamel at the crown and used for biting or chewing food or as a means of attack or defense, A projecting part resembling a tooth in shape or function, as on a comb, gear, or saw, Effective means of enforcement; muscle, intransitive verb_ To furnish (a tool, for example) with teeth, To become interlocked; mesh, To make a jagged edge on, transitive verb_ To furnish with teeth, To indent; to jag,