lasting for, designed to be used for, a limited time only
lasting only a short while
Cases of word usage
1) to make a (cheap) temporary bed and go to sleep (doss)
2) a short pull or push (up); a kind of noose or knot; a temporary difficulty (hitch)
3) temporary (while more information is prepared, more supplies are obtained etc); during the period of time in-between (interim)
4) a small house, especially one at the entrance to the grounds of a large house; a small house for temporary use (lodge)
5) (a period of) legal authorization to delay payment of debts; a temporary and agreed delay or stopping (moratorium)
6) a feeling of doubt (especially about whether one is doing or has done right); a temporary feeling of sickness in the stomach (qualm)
7) a temporary structure, e.g. for a building; the activity of producing (a play) in the theatre (staging)
8) temperature; temporary (worker) (temp)