Tomato spilt on new silken fabric (7)
I believe the answer is:
ottoman
'silken fabric' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'tomato spilt on new' is the wordplay.
'spilt' indicates an anagram.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'tomato' anagrammed gives 'ottoma'.
'ottoma'+'n'='OTTOMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ottoman that I've seen before include "Turk (historical); seat" , "Type of seat; Turkish" , "Backless seat" , "item of furniture" , "A long cushioned seat for an old Turk?" .)