Usually means: Placing deceased in a grave.
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  1. tombing: Merriam-Webster
  2. tombing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tombing: Wiktionary
  4. Tombing: Dictionary.com
  5. Tombing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Tombing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. tombing: FreeDictionary.org

(Note: See tomb as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tomb)

noun:  A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
noun:  A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
noun:  One who keeps secrets.
verb:  (transitive) To bury.
noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.
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