alveolar arch

English Thesaurus

1. the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set (noun.body)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

part meronym	:	jaw,
definition	:	the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth (noun.body)