A few questions about clothing

1. What do you call a home garment "dressing gown" or "robe"?-- There are many home garments: robes, bathrobes, smoking jackets, gowns. Do you have a PICTURE
2. And what do you call a piece of cloth to tie it "tie belt" or "sash"?-- Sash, belt.

Could you check these sentences?1.

It's a formal floor-length dress.
2. This formal dress is fancy/classy

A home garmet is called a robe. if you are talking about something that you wear around the house or when you get out of the shower. A dress or gown is something that you wear to a party or a formal outing. A belt is usually leather and it holds your pants up but a sash is something that goes across the waste or stomach area of the dress. If you need any other help just let me know

Thank you, Mister Micawber.

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Mister MicawberDo you have a

What's the difference between "robe" and "dressing gown"? Or it's the same?-- I think it is a vocabulary that varies regionally. I would never think to call those terrycloth wrap-arounds 'dressing gowns'-- I would invariably call them '(bath)robes'.

2. Do you mean "sash belt" as one phrase or "sash" / "belt"?-- Two alternatives, 'sash' and 'belt'. In my vocabulary, a belt n

1. “jewellry” is an uncountable word and I don’t know exactly how to use it correctly. Could you correct these sentences?

1. She has a lot of jewellry.
2. How much / many jewellry does she have?
3. You shouldn’t wear more than three pieces of jewellry at once.

 2. What’s the difference between “gem” and “precious stone”?

1. She has a lot of jewelry.-- OK
2. How much jewelry does she have?
3. You shouldn't wear more than three pieces of jewelry at once.-- OK

2. What's the difference between "gem" and "precious stone"?-- For the layman, none, but jewelers divide gems into precious stones (diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies) and semi-precious stones (the others),

Thank you, Mister Micawber!

Synonyms make me crazy 

1. Which is more common gem or precious stone

1. Which is more common gem or precious stone? Which do you usually use when you talk about jewelry?-- Both words are as common as this sort of word can get. I seldom talk about jewelry. but when I do, I usually talk about the specific stone-- a diamond, a moonstone, etc.

2. Can I say precious gem or semi-precious gem?
If I can, which is more common precious gem / semi-prec

Mister MicawberWhy don't you try googling each phrase and see how many pages appear for each?

That's why I asked. I googled each phrase and the result was that  precious stone / semi-precious stone is a few times more common. But a few days ago one American girl told me that I should say precious gem / semi-precious gem not precious stone / se

Mr Google is sloppy sometimes, but always trust Mr Google over any 'American girl' when he produces high numbers of hits:

1,230,000 results - precious stone
230,000 results - precious gem
1,520,000 results - precious gemstone

539,000 results- semi precious stone

4,030,000 results sem precious gem

953,000 results - semi precious gemstone

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