tooth socket

English Thesaurus

1. a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth (noun.body)

hypernym	:	socket,
definition	:	a bony hollow into which a structure fits (noun.body)

part meronym	:	alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge,
definition	:	a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth (noun.body)