> > I found an ad for a snow removal service headed with "CEREBRAL ENT."
> >
> > So now I'm wondering if "ent" has another meaning than the one Tolkien created for it. Any thoughts?
>
> I have no idea why a snow removal service would consider itself "cerebral." Maybe the owner just thinks he's really smart or something.
>
> As for the "ENT." part, I imagine it probably stands for "enterprises." As in "Cerebral Enterprises."
>
> Gri"has a cerebrum"shny

LOL! It takes an orc to explain what an ent is, in the context of snow removal. :-)

I'd say Grishny's right, but just to add to the thread, Tolkein didn't create the word. "Ent" is good Old English, which is the language Tolkein makes the Rohirrim speak, and it means "giant".

Brunnen-"eald enta geweorc"G