Ent
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A very large tree that can think and move, from fantasy stories like Tolkien
- proper noun
- /ɛnt/
- Literature
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Ent
- I even got to help an Ent fight a legion of wood trolls and a black-huorn.
Examples
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The Ents have not troubled themselves about the wars of men and wizards for a very long time.
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The Ents are going to war.
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Now we must decide if the Ents... ...will go to war.
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I am an Ent.
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EXT. ENT MOOT - NIGHT TREEBEARD stands over the HOBBITS, the other ENTS behind him.
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In J.R.R. Tolkien's work, the Ents are ancient tree-like beings that can speak and move.
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The wise Ent, Treebeard, guides the other creatures of the forest.
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During the battle, the Ents fought bravely to protect their homeland.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Ent main
Etymology
Ent comes from an old English word ent meaning 'giant' that Tolkien used. He made them slow, living trees in his stories, so an Ent is easy to remember as a 'giant' tree that guards the forest.