A fabrication device was a form of technology used by the Malurians that was something akin to a replicator.
According to the Malurian Garos, the antimatter reactor in the basement of his curio shop powered a fabrication device which allowed him to produce food and clothing.
Captain Jonathan Archer later thought that such a reactor had "an awful lot of power for a fabrication device," with which Trip Tucker agreed, "He could probably feed and clothe half the continent with it."
Ultimately, this lie exposed Garos to Captain Archer, who later found the secret mining operation center under the shop. (ENT: "Civilization")
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- Fabrication device at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works