Word: tombstoning
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tomb
sto
ning
Definition: The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.
Morphemes:
Affix: tomb
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: τύμβος
Language: grc
Decoded: tumbos
Meaning: a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave
Affix: stone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.