Short for stenographer or someone who takes notes on a subject in shorthand or other abbreviated notation forms: "As a steno, she used a yellow writing pad when her employer was giving her information to be written down."

An abbreviated form of or a reference to stenography: "She kept her new steno pad in her brief case when she went for the job interview in case she was asked to demonstrate her note-taking skills."

A piece of electronic equipment that plays the radio, CD's, etc., and which uses two speakers for the sound: "The couple loved to play their stereo too often and at an excessive volume."

"They had to replace their old stereo system with the latest model because the sound was very poor with the old stereo."