Start to climb up to get on piece of furniture (8)
I believe the answer is:
cupboard
'piece of furniture' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'start to climb up to get on' is the wordplay.
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'to get on' becomes 'board' (eg boarding a train).
The first letter of 'climb' is 'c'.
'c'+'up'+'board'='CUPBOARD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cupboard that I've seen before include "Closet" , "Hubbard found it bare" , "Storage place" , "Piece of furniture for stores" , "Furniture item for storage" .)