March

After February comes

March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, containing 31 days and marking the transition from winter to spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

Named after Mars, the Roman god of war, it was the first month of the ancient Roman calendar.

The phrase March madness refers both to unpredictable early spring weather and to the annual U.S. college basketball tournament.

Spring break usually falls in March.

In like a lion, out like a lamb describes March weather. (Lowercase march is the verb.)

month

April

Year's fourth month

equinox · year · Ides · thirty-one · springtime · quarter · fiscal · vernal · daffodils · tulips

Categories
Opposites
military movement

Marchretreat

Sanctuary or withdrawal

halt · withdraw · fall back · flee · rout

manner of movement

Marchhalt

Complete sudden stop

stop · stroll · saunter · stillness · pause

calendar sequence

MarchSeptember

Year's ninth month

October · February · April · August

Phrases
Family

Mars, martial, marching band, marching bands, Marches, marching orders, march-past, marching songs

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G