An outlet for ice I melted (7)
I believe the answer is:
orifice
'an outlet' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'for ice i melted' is the wordplay.
'melted' is an anagram indicator.
'for'+'ice'+'i'='foricei'
'foricei' is an anagram of 'ORIFICE'.
(Other definitions for orifice that I've seen before include "Bodily hole" , "Finding opening" , "Hole in the head, perhaps?" , "provided by gold and diamonds" , "Mouth-like opening" .)