1.  stenograph(n = noun.communication) - a shorthand character;
is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol

2.  stenograph(n = noun.artifact) - a machine for typewriting shorthand characters;
is a kind of typewriter

   stenograph(v = verb.creation) - write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation"
is one way to write
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

   To write or report in stenographic characters. [1913 Webster]

   A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. [1913 Webster]
"I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs." [1913 Webster]